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![Abdulrazak Gurnah visited Barcelona to take part in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of reading clubs at the Francesca Bonnemaison Library. © Pere Virgili Abdulrazak Gurnah visited Barcelona to take part in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of reading clubs at the Francesca Bonnemaison Library. © Pere Virgili](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_129_en-transit_1100x548.jpg?itok=FLsB2MXY)
The writer Abdulrazak Gurnah was catapulted to fame when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021. He was little-known prior to earning this prestigious accolade,...
![Interior of Atlas Muhba Interior of Atlas Muhba](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/interior_llibre_muhba.jpg?itok=lieZxLlk)
The Atles MUHBA d’història de Barcelona [MUHBA Atlas of Barcelona History], published by Barcelona City Council and the Museu d’Història de Barcelona (MUHBA) – an institution...
![© Manuel Medir © Manuel Medir](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_128_pleccultura_entrevista_01_1100x548.jpg?itok=vmp0pIZ5)
Enrique Vila-Matas
Enrique Vila-Matas (Barcelona, 1949) has created a literary universe of his own. His writing captures and universalises, through subjectivity, the troubled air of his time. This...
![© Byung-Chul Han © Byung-Chul Han](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_128_pleccultura_llibre_byung-chul_han_ample1100.jpg?itok=ii5B0OqN)
All the books by the philosopher Byung-Chul Han call for a return of negativity: instead of excessive transparency, secrecy; instead of an aesthetic of smoothness, roughness;...
![The 3D digital space allows visitors to explore each and every one of the construction phases of the monastery grounds. © Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Pedralbes. 2019](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/projecte_nou_3d.jpg?itok=CzZCtv1e)
The exhibition Rere els murs del monestir. Set-cents anys d’una història en femení [Behind the Monastery Walls. Seven Hundred Years of a Female History] allows us to...
![Book: Survey Barcelona. Una mirada fotogràfica sobre les transformacions de la ciutat, 2015-2023. Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2023. Llibre: Survey Barcelona. Una mirada fotogràfica sobre les transformacions de la ciutat, 2015-2023. Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2023.](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_127_llibres_survey_1_.jpg?itok=T_pfpXNX)
Valentín Roma, Adrià Goula and Susan Sontag all concur on the fact that photography needs objectives, but it is not objective. Survey Barcelona, a family album in which...
![Retrat de Francesc Serés © Nikolaus Brade](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_126_entrevista_1100x548_1.jpg?itok=LidegzQ-)
Francesc Serés
Francesc Serés connects remotely from Berlin to answer questions from Barcelona Metròpolis. The writer has been living there for a year, shortly after resigning as head...
![Històries de la Model](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_126_llibres_historiesdelamodel_ample1100.jpg?itok=5eVWg4_2)
The documentary comic book by Jordi de Miguel and Susanna Martín explores the history of the Barcelona prison and the experiences of some of its inmates.
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