Institut Ramon LLull

Childhood memories both concrete and metaphoric, an artistic epiphany that culminates in suicide, a reencounter with an uncle who seems to have fallen in love with a water fairy, a class reunion that leads to a startling adventure... these are some of the catalysts for the six long stories in this collection, which can be read as a fragmentary novel on creative anguish.

Lara’s erudite, precise, artisanal literature lures readers into his bizarre cosmos, populated by underdogs content to remain on the margins.

Outsider status allows them the freedom to go beyond rationality, explore hidden truths on the vague frontiers of reality and discover the essential redemptive power of art.