For someone like you who's a British citizen this might seem strange. How can you ban a language? It turns out that you can. During the dictatorship it was illegal to speak Catalan. This is an experience that we Catalans… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
Each year, in this world, several languages do die out. There are certain languages that have their survival assured for many years, such as English, but there are other languages whose survival is not so sure, such as Catalan, especially… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
What I strive to do is make my characters seem like real people so that the reader experiences them as people - that's something… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
The reader has information about the characters that the characters themselves don't have. We all have our secret sides. Even I come to understand… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
I read a lot of poetry. All types of poetry, but mostly Catalan poetry, because I believe poetry is the essence of language. Reading… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
Along the way, about certain things, you realize, "I don't know anything about this." You think, "Is this going to sound ridiculous?" So I… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
There were many books in my parents' home. I'm from a family of five children and we were all readers. And so by the… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
“A veces me asusta el poder del arte y del estudio del arte. A veces no entiendo por qué la humanidad se relaciona a… — Jaume Cabré Copy Share Image
I think that's true of real life - we don't ever know anyone completely. Secrets are very important to creating a narrative work that's… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
Everywhere you go you find readers who are interested, even though the story takes place here in this very neighborhood. It doesn't matter that… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
For someone like you who's a British citizen this might seem strange. How can you ban a language? It turns out that you can.… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
I'm interested in how memory and power come together in evil. These are obsessions of mine that appear throughout, like the theme of music.… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
Research is necessary. However, you need to make sure you don't fall into its trap. You need to have time left for writing. To… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
The essence of a novelist is to invent things and speak the truth, at the same time. — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
