by Baltasar Porcel · labutxaca · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496863040
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«Cavalls cap a la fosca» is the novel by Baltasar Porcel, published by labutxaca in paperback (256 pages, in Catalan).
A writer in his Paris apartment reconstructs the memory of his lineage, the Vadell saga, and evokes ancestors dragged by vengeance, murder, adultery and madness. Raised in a cruel and suffocating environment, the narrator decides to break with that legacy. The horses of the family emblem gallop riderless towards the darkness.
Novel originally published in 1975. It received the Prudenci Bertrana, Crítica de Narrativa Catalana and Serra d'Or de Novel·la awards.
Reference work of twentieth-century Catalan literature, suitable for readers of contemporary fiction and family sagas.
Baltasar Porcel i Pujol was a Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic. His enormous legacy credited him as one of the greatest authors in Catalan literature from the 20th century.
