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  El meu amic Pellini i altres contes

  Prudenci Bertrana

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  "El meu amic Pellini i altres contes" by Prudenci Bertrana is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century." The book introduces various characters and themes, with a notable focus on life experiences and emotional narratives. The opening story centers around Pellini, a distinctive and imposing Italian man living in France, whose oddities and noble heart set the stage for humorous and poignant tales about friendship, nature, and individuality. "At the start of "El meu amic Pellini," we meet Pellini, a giant of a man known for his imposing frame and peculiar character." He works as a button factory foreman and is popular among the townsfolk, who ironically use his presence as a public clock due to his impressive stature and regular habits. The story recounts one memorable encounter between the narrator and Pellini, sparked by a failed hunt for a hare, showcasing Pellini's comical desperation and affectionate nature toward his dog. As their friendship blossoms through shared hunting adventures, the narrator reflects on Pellini's quirks, his past, and his emotional depth, setting the tone for a blend of humor and pathos that characterizes the collection. This Catalan-language digital edition is prepared with active navigation, clean typography, a custom cover and a reading file stripped of source-site notices, donation text and unnecessary external links.

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  L'estudiant de la Garrotxa:...

  Josep Berga i Boix

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  "L'estudiant de la Garrotxa" by Josep Berga i Boix is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set between Girona and the stark valleys and cliffs of La Garrotxa, it follows a poor seminarian who discovers a talent for decorative painting, rises to local renown, and is pulled between priesthood, art, and his growing love for Margarida, the rector's niece. The story blends lively portraits of student poverty and small-town life with an intimate emotional conflict over vocation and desire. The opening of the work presents a first-person narrator among a band of penniless seminarians in Girona, hustling for food and lodging while he earns coins modeling pessebre figures and learning gilding. His craft brings him to paint chapels, first in Girona and then in a Garrotxa village, where the kindly rector Mossèn Anton hosts him and his niece Margarida quietly captivates him. As they decorate the church together, shared glances, garden walks, and whispered exchanges turn affection into a consuming inward struggle that clashes with his supposed calling. The narrator's fame grows, yet seeing older masterful canvases humbles him and pushes him to study drawing seriously. Sent to an isolated hermitage, he endures comic overfeeding at a farmer's house, returns by pretext to the rectory, and faces village gossip and the suspicious eye of the fiery vicar Mossèn Just. Forced back to Girona, he parts from Margarida in a painful dawn farewell, throws himself into drawing and small commissions, and then a chance encounter with the vicar shakes his resolve to return—leaving the early narrative poised at a tense crossroads. This Catalan-language digital edition is prepared with active navigation, clean typography, a custom cover and a reading file stripped of source-site notices, donation text and unnecessary external links.

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  L'hostal de la Bolla: Costums i...

  Miquel dels Sants Oliver

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  "L'hostal de la Bolla: Costums i llenguatge vulgar de Mallorca" by Miquel dels Sants Oliver is a literary work written in the early 20th century. This narrative captures the everyday life in Mallorca, particularly through the experiences of the barber Armando, who navigates between his unfulfilled aspirations and the vibrant local culture. The book explores themes of ambition, identity, and community within a setting rich in character and local color. The opening portion of the text introduces Armando, a barber characterized by his artistic sensibilities and dissatisfaction with his mundane profession. As he opens his barber shop and reflects on his past ambitions of becoming a musician, the narrative begins to weave in memories of the bustling environment surrounding the "Hostal de la Bolla." The description of local patrons and the vibrant cultural scene sets the stage for a richly textured exploration of life in Mallorca. The reader is invited to engage with the dynamics of the community and the characters that inhabit it, suggesting a blend of humor, nostalgia, and keen observations of social interactions. This Catalan-language digital edition is prepared with active navigation, clean typography, a custom cover and a reading file stripped of source-site notices, donation text and unnecessary external links.

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  L'auca del senyor Esteve: ab...

  Santiago Rusinol

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  "L'auca del senyor Esteve" by Santiago Rusiñol is a novel published in 1907. Set in Barcelona's Ribera district, it tells the story of three generations of shopkeepers, culminating in a clash between tradition and art. When young Ramonet refuses to inherit the family business and chooses to become an artist instead, father and son embody the central conflict: can the practical merchant class and the creative spirit find common ground? This modernist work explores the tensions between bourgeois values and artistic freedom in turn-of-the-century Catalonia. This Catalan-language digital edition is prepared with active navigation, clean typography, a custom cover and a reading file stripped of source-site notices, donation text and unnecessary external links.

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  Romanç d'Evast e Blaquerna

  Ramon Llull

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  Al "Romanç d'Evast e Blaquerna", enllestit a la ciutat llenguadociana de Montpeller, llavors pertanyent al Regne de Mallorca, vers el 1283, Ramon Llull hi construeix un relat extens i sostingut, el més proper que va compondre al que avui considerem una novel·la. Hi narra la biografia exemplar del seu protagonista, Blaquerna, des del seu naixement en una família burgesa benestant fins a la seva digna i contemplativa senectut. Al llarg de les cinc parts de què està compost el llibre, dedicades a cinc estaments diferents, Llull ens hi ofereix una àmplia panoràmica de la vida a l'edat mitjana. Blaquerna, en el seu intens i activíssim periple vital, recorre els diversos estaments reformant-los i afavorint que la humanitat s'allunyi de l'error, i arribarà a ser escollit papa.Des d'aquesta posició establirà les bases de la reforma del conjunt de la cristiandat i, en el fons, de la humanitat completa. L'èxit de les seves reformes li permet retirar-se ja en la vellesa, en un eremitori, on redacta en la ficció un dels llibres més remarcables de tota la literatura medieval europea: el "Llibre d'amic i amat". Llull va dur a terme la novel·la més ambiciosa que mai s'hagués escrit fins aleshores. Ho era pel seu plantejament argumental i ho va ser per la seva realització narrativa. El que volia fer era una novel·la total: una ficció que donés raó d'allò que és primordial en la vida individual i col·lectiva, amb la voluntat de construir una obra que pogués interessar a tota mena de públics.

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  La mort del rei Artús

  Anònim

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  «Puja dalt d'aquell turó, hi trobaràs un llac. Llença-hi la meva espasa, no s'ha de quedar en aquest reialme perquè no vull que se n'apoderin els hereus infames que vindran.»
  
  La mort del rei Artús és una novel·la anònima francesa del segle XIII. Mestre Galter Map, el fals cronista de la història, ens explica la fi dels protagonistes de les Aventures del Sant Graal. És, per tant, la fi de l'univers narratiu que gira entorn d'una saga de personatges heroics, els campions de la Taula Rodona: Artús, Lancelot, Galvany, Girflet o Mordred.
  
  La guerra s'hi barreja amb l'amor, i per això cal la presència de donzelles i dames il·lustres: la reina Ginebra, la donzella d'Escalot o la dama de Beloé. Si antigament la matèria de Bretanya era coneguda pels contes de Chrétien de Troyes, les novel·les de Tristany i de Lançalot i la compilació de Malory, avui dia ho és sobretot gràcies al cinema i a les sèries, que han convertit aquest món mític en un referent conegut i admirat.
  
  Les traduccions de Lola Badia són un banquet que ens serveix les millors obres de l'univers artúric en un català ric i actual. Galvany i el cavaller verd va ser la primera. La mort del rei Artús, la segona. I en vindran més.

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