He Literary Coffee returns Thursday 28 January, at 18.30, in virtual format to adapt to new times and health restrictions. This time it will be dedicated to the novel The punishment, work of the Barcelonan Guillem Sala. Published by The other Editorial, has not left anyone indifferent since its appearance on 2020.
The book narrates the complex network of relationships around a secondary school teacher, the sandra, in the Sant Andreu neighborhood of Barcelona. Things get complicated with the arrival of a positive and seductive teacher, and even more so when a student, l'Izan, commits sexual assault.
With a casual tongue, alive and well, and playing with points of view, the author portrays some characters, a neighborhood, a city and a society. With the participants in the Café we will discuss to what extent he has achieved this and how he has done it. Surely the text will also allow us to ramble on about politics (linguistics, educational, etc), society, psychology and literature.
William Sala (Barcelona, 1974) is professor of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He won the Documenta Award withImagine a street (Empuriabrava, 2007) i l’any 2019 publishedThe escape of the crab man. He has published stories and novels for young people and has written scripts for documentary and fiction films. He currently lives in the neighborhood of La Sagrera.
Write to us our contact address before Wednesday 27 at 18.00 hours if you want to participate in this Literary Café dedicated to The punishment. Of course, this time everyone will have to buy cookies and coffee (or the infusion) as well as he can.
We will also take advantage of the meeting to talk about future sessions of the Literary Coffee.
