Institut Ramon LLull

What happens when the Earth’s satellite —our moon— disappears? These tales, set in an intensely familiar dystopian present, suggest some answers: destabilization, rain, snowstorms in the heat, even earthquakes. The animals are escaping the zoo and our pets are behaving strangely. Human characters are also feeling the pull of this unprecedented lunar void and we may be among those human characters ourselves.

An albino boy obsessed with astronomy and his brother, a gay couple considering adoption, a fisherman and his foreign wife, twins, two girls at summer camp... these pairs are each other’s satellites in this moment of atmospheric crisis that functions as an emotional fork in the road. With evocative, charged images, Solsona creates an astonishing universe tinged with dreams. This volume of stories offers us an engrossing, incredibly visceral reading experience, where our fears come to life and surround us.