42 Award for the Best Original Work in Catalan 2023
Guilleries, by Ferran Garcia (Males Herbes)
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4 reasons:
- For showing us that, with the right approach, everything in life can be part of the fantastic genre.
- For elevating our popular imagination to the category of myth.
- For its virtuosity in using spoken language as the narrative structure.
- For its use of atmosphere to create a stifling and grotesque setting that appeals to the senses and causes unease.
2 evaluations:
- "Guilleries is a story that could win any prize at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival"
- "Guilleries is a novel that immerses you in the abyss of human nature"