L'escanya-pobres (The Usurer)

The great chivalric novel of the 15th century, praised by Cervantes in Don Quixote. A complete edition with all 487 chapters.

Joanot Martorell

The story of a Barcelona shopkeeper family and the son who wants to be an artist. Includes the original drawings by Ramon Casas.

Santiago Rusiñol

A dark modernist novel from 1906 set in the bell tower of a Gothic cathedral. Short, intense, and unlike anything else of its time.

Prudenci Bertrana

Considered the first modernist novel in Catalan, published in 1901. A priest tries to revive a remote mountain parish and meets fierce resistance.

Raimon Casellas

Seven stories by Víctor Català, the pen name of Caterina Albert. Rural life told with sharp and unsentimental prose.

Víctor Català