El preu de ser catalans

Synopsis of El preu de ser catalans

«El preu de ser catalans» is the essay by Patricia Gabancho, published by Labutxaca in paperback (272 pages, in Catalan).

The work asks whether Catalan language and culture can resist the pressure of Spanish and the appeal of English as a global language. As a memorial of grievances, it directs its criticism at those who have facilitated the decline of Catalan and also at those who remain silent, and proposes urgent actions to prevent its disappearance.

The work was originally published in 2007; this Labutxaca edition, published in 2008, is part of the Labutxaca collection.

For readers interested in Catalan cultural reality and in the debate on the future of minority languages in the face of globalization.