“Myth is fundamentally the kind of literature in which the characters and plots are steeped in an aura of rare and prodigious significance.” The 42 Festival is joining in the celebrations for the centenary of the birth of “teacher, scholar and gentleman” Jordi Sarsanedas (1924–2006) with this two-man talk focusing on his non-realist side, found in books such as Mites [Myths] (also celebrating an anniversary, in this case an eightieth, as it was published in 1954) and other pieces and stories, such as his contribution to El triangle de les set punxes [The Seven-Point Triangle]. Tasked with discussing these works will be the man behind the event, Joaquim Noguero, the current editor of the magazine Serra d’Or, which Sarsanedas led from 1963 to 1989 and which paid tribute to him recently; and writer and populariser Antoni Munné-Jordà, who knew and worked with Sarsanedas and followed the aspects of his genre literature-adjacent career. Both of them will undoubtedly help us better understand why Sarsanedas, always the poet, once wrote the following: “I am all I look at that escapes me”.

Speakers:

Joaquim Noguero

Antoni Munné-Jordà