Jesús Moncada was born in a difficult period following the Spanish Civil War in a small town, Mequinensa, that was destined to be swallowed up by a reservoir. He settled in Barcelona, where he worked in publishing and made a name for himself as a translator and writer, finally becoming one of the most renowned and widely translated authors in Catalan letters.
In his stories and novels, Moncada reveals himself as a first-rate narrator with an enormous yet controlled imagination, a surprising ability to explain long historical periods through characters’ concrete lives, and a unique capacity to convert the past into an unforgettable mythical universe.
«Moncada blends the real and the fantastic in the manner of Gabriel García Márquez.»
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