Jaume Cabré
Literary language arises from the misunderstanding between reality and desire.
Jaume Cabré holds a degree in Catalan Philology from the University of Barcelona, is a high school head of department currently on study leave; he also teaches in the University of Lleida and is a member of the Philology Section of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans.
For many years, he combined writing with his teaching activities, before adding a new activity to his professional life, that of television and film scriptwriter. Although he now concentrates almost exclusively on his writing, he has not given up teaching entirely, as he leads an Audiovisual Narrative course at the University of Lleida.
His literary work is focused on the novel and the short story, but he has also published theatre and a couple of books discussing writing and reading. He also writes press articles, mainly for Avui newspaper.
Pluja seca (Dry rain)(Ed. Proa-TNC. Barcelona, gener de 2001).
Pedro de Luna, Benedict XIII, for many the last pontiff of the Avignon cause, is dead. In Peniscola castle, the true Cardinals of Christianity search for his successor. The rain beats down outside...
Fra Junoy o l'agonia dels sons (Fra Junoy or the agony of sounds)(Ed. 62, B. 1984. Ed. Proa, B. 1998).
The organist monk at the convent of Sant Aniol is sent to La Ràpita monastery as the nuns' father confessor. That's when the problems really start.