SubjectTeenagers and young people
![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,...
![The rhythms of 31 FAM draw on music from beyond the usual realms of influence. © Nil Ventura The rhythms of 31 FAM draw on music from beyond the usual realms of influence. © Nil Ventura](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_128_pleccultura_tendencies_01_1100x548.jpg?itok=EfqB_Qom)
In the music of their era, every generation has found a vehicle for passing on values, lifestyles and collective aspirations. Lately, some of the most popular music genres have...
![© 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...
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Emma Vilarasau
Two days after Lali Symon premiered at the Romea theatre, as part of the latest Grec Festival, Emma Vilarasau arrives in the theatre’s foyer before locking herself in...
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A combination of low wages and skyrocketing housing prices is increasingly hampering young people’s...
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A series of misconceptions and false beliefs surrounding rental housing have been propagated in recent years...
![Audience at the 2010 Sónar festival. © Vicente Zambrano](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_127_tendencies.jpg?itok=82U68War)
Festivals have become the ultimate popular spectacle of our times. They have built themselves from scratch in just three decades. In Barcelona, we have gone from a tentative and...
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