#trencat

[negreabsolut]

El pont trencat i el somni, per Salvador Dalí. Oli en llenç, 66 x 86'4 cm; 1945.

[nuruns]

please share what is happening in valencia... there's at least 200 people confirmed dead and many others missing

[tornoaserjo]

I'm on a mission to cry on every and each doctor's room in the country and so far im winning it

[useless-catalanfacts]

I'm going to university now (in Germany) and the uni i'm at offers catalan as a side course. Tomorrow i'll finally be at an event where they introduce the subject among others. I'M SO EXCITED!!!!! ^^ Finally! >< Sadly, there won't be a class for catalan literature (omg actually - if you have recommendations of important works from the recent centuries, i'd love to hear, but i'm just rambling, no pressure xD). There will be linguistics and speech praxis. I can't wait! :D

That's great!! I hope you enjoy it very much ☺️

Some of the modern classics (from the late 19th century to the present):

L'Atlàntida (Atlantis, 1877) by Jacint Verdaguer. Epic poem that re-interprets history and legends. Jacint Verdaguer is the most representative poet of the Renaixença/Romanticism movement in Catalan literature.

Other poems by Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902) and Joan Maragall (1860-1911) are the most important poetry of the Renaixença.

The theatre plays Terra Baixa (usually published in English with the title Martha of the Lowlands, 1896) by Àngel Guimerà. Also Mar i cel ("Sea And Sky", 1888) by him.

La febre d'or ("The gold fever", 1892) by Narcís Oller, the most representative of the realist movement.

The monologue La infanticida ("The Child Murderer", 1898) by Víctor Català (pseudonym of Caterina Albert). And her novel Solitud ("Loneliness", 1905), which is considered the most representative book of the modernist and naturalism movement in Catalan literature.

The satirical theatre plays by Santiago Rusiñol like L'auca del senyor Esteve (1917) —personally I really like his play El bon policia ("The Good Policeman", 1905).

The theatre play El cafè de la Marina ("The Marina Café, 1933) by Josep Maria de Segarra.

Poetry by Pere Quart (1899-1986)

La Plaça del Diamant (it has been translated to English with the titles In Diamond Square and The Time of the Doves, 1962) by Mercè Rodoreda. Her novels Mirall trencat ("Broken Mirror", 1974), La mort i la primavera (Death in Spring, 1986) and Aloma (1938) are also iconic.

The short stories books by Pere Calders, most famously Cròniques de la veritat oculta ("Chronicles of the Hidden Truth", 1955).

The short stories book El cafè de la Granota (1985) by Jesús Montcada,

Poetry: Josep Carner (1884-1970), J.V. Foix (1893-1987).

The novel Bearn, o la sala de les nines ("Bearn, Or The Doll Room", 1961) by Llorenç Villalonga.

Poetry: Vicent Andrés Estellés (1924-1993), Salvador Espriu (1913-1985), Maria Mercè Marçal (1952-1998), Miquel Martí i Pol (1929-2003).

The essays by Joan Fuster, most importantly Nosaltres, els valencians ("We, the Valencians", 1962).

Mecanoscrit del Segon Origen (Typescript of the Second Origin, 1974) and Totes les bèsties de càrrega ("All The Load Beasts"?, 1967) by Manuel de Pedrolo, also personally by him I really liked the sci-fi short stories collection Trajecte Final ("Final Journey", 1975), and I will add my dad would be upset if I didn't mention his theatre play Homes i no ("Men and no", 1957).

Incerta glòria (Uncertain Glory, 1971) by Joan Sales.

Les veus del Pamano (Voices of the Pamano, 2004) and Jo confesso (I Confess, 2011) by Jaume Cabré.

I know some of them, at least Jaume Cabré's novels, Àngel Guimerà's plays, Uncertain Glory, and some Mercè Rodoreda novels have been published in German and/or English. In fact, Voices of the Pamano was a huge success in Germany.

I hope you enjoy the class very much!

[hakkiest]

rereading mirrall trencat by merce rodoreda for the 4th time like its going to fix me. It will

[guillemelgat]

I'm posting this because it's a bop and I haven't been able to stop listening to it for the past week. The title and song reference Mercè Rodoreda, who is possibly the most famous Catalan author ever, she's certainly one of the most important writers in 20th century Catalonia. The protagonist of the video is reading her novel Mirall trencat (Broken Mirror), and there are several lines in the song which reference her works, hence the title. I'd try to mark the quotes, except that I would probably miss half of them, but if someone wants to take a stab at it I'd love to see that!

Deixa’m dir en la meva defensa Let me say in my defense que trobar-te aquí no estava a l’agenda, That finding you here wasn’t on my agenda que tinc més que coll avall que això de tu, de mi, That I’m in over my head, that this thing with you, with me que res: que era remoure la merda. That whatever, that it was fueling the fire Sé que no em convens, que és perdre el temps, I know you’re not good for me, that it’s a waste of time que no vals ni un dels segons que encara tinc. That you’re not worth even one of the seconds I still have Que l’amor, amb tu, com més lluny, més bonic, That love, with you, is better the further away it is citant Mercè Rodoreda. To quote Mercè Rodoreda

Deixa’m dir en la meva defensa, Let me say in my defense que trobar-te aquí no estava a l’agenda. That finding you here wasn’t on my agenda Que m’agrada caminar de nit, carrers petits. That I like to walk at night down small streets Hi ha màgia en la cosa de perdre’t. There’s magic in the act of losing yourself Dius: em puc quedar una estona amb tu? You say, Can I sit with you a while? I somric perquè se’t veu d’una hora lluny: And I smile because I can see you from a mile off Si fas nosa no ho has mai de preguntar, If you get in the way you never need to bother asking això s’ha de saber veure, You’ve got to be able to see that citant Mercè Rodoreda. To quote Mercè Rodoreda

[ TORNADA: Deixa’m dir que encara no estic bé, Let me say that I’m still not okay i que intento no passar pel teu carrer, And that I try not to go down your street i que hi ha cançons que salto molt sovint. And that there’s songs that I often skip Ets tu, record per tota la vida. It's you, you're a memory for the rest of my life Deixa’m dir que encara no soc jo, Let me say that I’m still not myself que ara em falta temps per endreçar-te a lloc, That now I need time to tuck you away in your place que només hi ha vida si la vius a poc a poc, That there’s only a life if you live it slowly citant Mercè Rodoreda. To quote Mercè Rodoreda ]

Deixa’m dir en la meva defensa, Let me say in my defense que trobar-te aquí no estava a l’agenda. That finding you here wasn’t on my agenda que, a vegades, surto així, del plan conèixer gent, That sometimes I go out like this, to meet people que funciona. Hauries de veure That it works—you should see com he anat guanyant soltura, How I’ve been gaining independence com he esporgat pors paralitzants, gegants, i tant: How I’ve cast away paralyzing, gigantic fears; indeed les coses importants són sempre les que no ho semblen, The important things are always the ones that don’t seem it citant Mercè Rodoreda. To quote Mercè Rodoreda

[ TORNADA ]

Deixa’m dir que encara no estic bé, Let me say that I’m still not okay i que intento no passar pel teu carrer, And that I try not to go down your street i que hi ha cançons que salto molt sovint. And that there’s songs that I often skip Ets tu, record per tota la vida. It’s you, a memory for the rest of my life Deixa’m dir que encara no soc jo, Let me say that I’m still not myself que ara em falta temps per endreçar-te a lloc, That now I need time to tuck you away in your place que ara tot és fràgil, tot tremola. That right now everything is fragile, everything is shaking Tinc una autoestima en construcció. My self-love is under construction

Deixa’m dir que hauria estat pitjor, Let me say that it could have been worse que era un gran deliri aquella set d’amor. That it was all a great delusion, that thirst for love Quan et llances a estimar i surts escaldat, què fas? When you throw yourself into loving someone and you end up getting burnt, what do you do? Has de canviar de manera. You have to change something

Deixa’m dir que encara no soc jo, Let me say that I’m still not myself que ara em falta temps per endreçar-te a lloc, That now I need time to tuck you away in your place que només hi ha vida si la vius a poc a poc, That there’s only a life if you live it slowly citant Mercè Rodoreda. To quote Mercè Rodoreda

[tanzania2023]

17 Juliol: Llac Manyara

Aviam, això va així:

Jambo: Hola

Asante: Gràcies

Karibu: Benvinguts / de res

Raca Raca: depressa

Pole Pole: A poc a poc

Tafadhali: Si us plau

Habari za asubuhi: Bon dia

Usiku mwema: Bona nit

Hakuna Matata: cap problema

Avui després d'esmorzar hem fet el checkout del Olerai Lodge i ja hem tingut problemes per pagar. La Visa no l'acceptava la màquina i hem de pagar amb dòlars. I aquí tenim el problema: bitllets petits? No. Bitllets una mica trencats o arrugats? No. Bitllets d'abans del 2009? No. I així hem anat passant l'estona, triant els bitllets un per un fins que als senyors els agradin.

Un cop passat el tràngol, enfilem cap a Napuru Waterfalls. La carretera surt desde la principal i té tants sotracs que sembla el Shambala. Passem pel mig de poblats amb carrers estrets, avançant un munt de nens uniformats que van al cole. La carretera es cada cop més verda, més selvàtica i més elevada.

Arribem a una esplanada on ahir hi havia l'arribada d'una maratón i encara queden restes de la carrera.

Hi ha una guixeta on una noia amb un entusiasme zero ens cobra 10 dòlars per cap.

Havent pagat, tres xavals apareixen per fer-nos de guies i ens acompanyen per un camí verd, humit i preciós. Sembla un bosc del Pirineu però amb plantes selvàtiques.

El camí rellisca i fa molta baixada, no es fàcil. Es molt dret i complicat, però aviat arribem a baix de tot on corre un riuet de muntanya preciós. Anem caminant pel riu, sortejant pedres, rocs i l'aigua. Els guies ens ajuden.

I, una estona després, arribem al final del camí: un salt d'aigua molt alt envoltat de verd i roca. Es preciós i ha valgut la pena venir.

A la tornada ja som amics de tota la vida amb els guies, que son molt bons nanos. Un es Massai i va descalç.

Un cop al cotxe de nou, anem a l'oficina de Roadtrips a recollir l'entrada al Serengeti, que ens costa gairebé 2000 dòlars pels 4, el guía i el cotxe, per 3 dies.

Dinem a una pizzería i enfilem cap el Llac Manyara, al Maramboi Tented Lodge

A mig camí ens trobem un mercat rollo encants dels Massai i li demanem al xòfer de parar. Es un mercat impressionant, no hem vist mai res així. Ple de Massais vestits de forma tradicional venent de tot: taronges, patates, cebes, llavors, sabates, roba, radios, i fins i tot cabres. En serio, hi havia un camió ple de cabres i els Massais feien cua per comprar-ne.

Hem fet fotos però no els hi agradava gaire i fins i tot una noia ens ha renyat.

Ha estat molt impactant i autèntic

Seguim cap al Lodge i en arribar ja ens hem trobat jirafes, impalas, monos babuins, ñus, i més bitxos.

El Lodge es espectacular, a prop del llac. Ens reben amb un suc boníssim i anem a veure la posta de sol a la piscina, des d'on truquem a l'Arnau.

Les habitacions són tendes i no tant impressionants

Només entrar ens surt un porc senglar (Pumba) de sota l'habitació, que marxa espantat.

Sopem a la terrassa del Lodge amb espelmes.

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okay answering in my main because reasons

Lazarillo de Tormes: a decent enough book, entertaining at moments. that is. the first time you read it. if you read it every fucking year you get tired of the fucking miserable boy. who is responsible for picking which books we read I just wanna talk 🔫 (basically this boy is kind of a little shit and gets sold off to a blind old man who he tries to rob, then he ends up getting scammed by another dude and getting abused by his employees. eventually he gets married but his wife cheats on him with the owner of their property but he doesn't care much because he's dumb. (I don't remember much of why it was important ngl)

El Quijote: a book I can get behind. the ye old Spanish was funny. consistently entertaining, even if it was kinda long

Luces de Bohemia: something something the history reflected on the concave mirrors something something. it's a play. the best part it's like page 3 where there's a joke about collective suicide. it all goes downhill from there. it's supposed (?) to be a satire or something (again I forget why these were important). so ridiculous it got borning. this man's got debts to pay and goes on a wild chace at night meeting all kinds of quirky people trying to get money. I gave it a 1 out of 5

Nada: what if depression was a book (derrogatory). almost 400 pages and like the title says nothing fucking happens and boy does it deliver. it's so weird. basically homegirl comes to Barcelona with her relatives who suck. makes A friend and almost gets a boyfriend. is sad. then after a year she leaves. idk man it was so overwhelmingly borning I started to create an alternative reason for characters doing what they were doing (homegirl had a crush on one of her friends that was DATING HER UNCLE who was also dating someone and I went: okay what if murder) (that's the only thing that kept me going) 2/5

Maria Rosa: a girl is dating 2 dudes. pretty sure there was a gun involved at one point. we also read this twice and honestly one was more than enough. not the worst tho

Terra Baixa: on paper this story is great. basically rich dude marries off his lover to a secluded dude so he can marry another rich girl. said dude finds out his new wife he just met is still fucking the rich dude, runs away, but then comes back and kills the rich dude. reading it tho? so boring. the one character I liked sees the shit show that's about to happen and fucking levaves and like. wish that were me. 1.5/5

Tirant lo Blanc: Episodis Amorosos: look I loved the very sanitised version of this medieval tale they tell us when we are 8, and I was actually excited for this. until. well. we were to read the love episodes not the war ones. it was. so bad. homeboy is so horny for the princess and can't stop looking at her breast and 🤢. also ye old Catalan. incomprehensible. thank god for the summaries online ngl

Mirall Trencat: look I love this book. it's actually good. style is readable (the bar was so low)(no. it's actually good). I was engaged, the plot's amazing (rich family gets obliterated). I actually wanted to read this book. finally some fucking good shit. 4/5

🖤 Are there any book series that you’ve been meaning to start but haven’t gotten around to yet? Which ones are they?

And then the blue one about classics, because I know you’ve been reading those! (it’s been a long day—)

hi lyn!

ask here

🖤 Are there any book series that you’ve been meaning to start but haven’t gotten around to yet? Which ones are they?

yes. there are. so many. my tbr is never ending. i have such a hard time starting new books it's unbelievable. i read 0 new books and add 10 to the tbr (which consists on a bunch of screenshots and books i do own)

but in short, i want to finish reading all of Jane Austen by the end of the year (i'm using this app called serial reader which has a bunch of classics for free and delivers 10 minutes of reading per day. it's been really useful so far) (i'm also doing the dracula daily but i gotta catch up after finals).

i also want to catch up with my favorite spanish writers, Iria G Parente and Selene M Pascual (3 standalones and a space opera trilogy, and finishing a steampunk biology). i'd also like to reread their fantasy sagas (one they are reprinting with revisions and i'm waiting for all three books to be out, the other i'm afraid to reread because i know i will cry so much. i'm also on a reread the grishaverse project. it started great but then i bought a special edition of SoC and CK and im waiting for it to arrive to continue (it has in line comments by the author). same issue with the folk of the air. because i only have the energy to reread if that

��Which classic book or author do you think everyone should read at least once in their lifetime, and why?

classic wise, i haven't read much actually. we read some spanish and catalan classics in school (they all sucked so much except for one, but i dont think everyone should read it) (one day i'll go on a rant about the books we were made to read because why would you do this to us)

in english class we read adapted versions of classics (say, 2k very poorly written summaries that were a pain in the ass to get through), so i can't judge them for that

but yeah, six months ago, the only english classic i'd read was pride and prejudice (which im like. very normal about. but i also wouldnt recomend it? idk. i enjoy the trainwreck and seeing my parents in mr and mrs bennet because it's literally them). since december i've read a christmas carol, hamlet, and northanger abbey. and, honestly, i think the only one i think everyone needs to read is northanger abbey, for the only reason that sometimes you need to calm the fuck down and see the world from the pov of a very agressively 17 year old girl, you know?

also also. i haven't read the play but like... mar i cel. everyone should watch it. 10/10 not biased at all

[petxina]

i was tagged by @tucurui <33

favorite color: lately red

currently reading: mirall trencat by mercè rodoreda

last song: senglar atropellat scooter club by fetus

last series: currently watching community in 2023 🥴

last movie: escape room (2022) (it's a catalan comedy) i saw it some days ago with my mom :-)

sweet/savory/spicy: savory

currently working on: i'm crocheting a sweater vest rn and it's almost finished!

i tag @gaystevenstills @bichopalo @sarduy @persephonese @honeychiles @thispersonlovesoatmilk if you wanna do it!! also sorry if you’ve been tagged already lol

[guguseti]

Ja hem trencat el 2025, arreglem-lo, que som a temps

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[lescroniques]

Un projecte agrícola a Sud-àfrica ajuda a persones sordes a desenvolupar habilitats i a trobar ocupació

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Llum Fluorescent

Pregunta-li un dia al silenci qui ha set el que ha cridat, pregunta-li un dia als ressons s’ha trencat el plat. La boira matinera m’humiteja el camí, són les petites coses les que ens deixen dormir. M’avorreix saber el que faré a l’aixecar-me del llit, avorrit d’inventar mons que em beneficien a mi. Sóc un mag que prova màgia, i el conill no ha sortit, no vull ser el que sempre es queixa,…

[useless-catalanfacts]

Gràcies policía!

Anar ràpid en una emergència o arremangar-se per ajudar no ho porteu bé però fotre'ns d'hòsties al poble que hem respost a l'auxili de la nostra gent?

No m'importa que m'hagin trencat una costella a cops de porra l'únic que vull són responsabilitats polítiques, orgàniques i institucionals. Han deixat morir els nostres veïns, han mentit cada dia i ens han impedit ajudar amb excuses inexistents

Això es un marrón tremendo, visca València i visca tots els que hi ajudeu! I avall els f***s de p***!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hakkiest]

@napo-con-fritas tageóme but i already answered all the questions in another tag game EXCEPT the To Be Read one SO!!! let me answer that one in excrutiang detail:

Next TBR:

Imáginários da Terra, ensaios sobre natureza e arte na contemporaneidade (Earth Imaginaries, essays on nature and art on contemporary times) by Louise Ganz

Thus was Adonis murdered by Sarah Cadwell

Sorelle Materassi (the Materassi sisters) by Aldo Palazzeschi

Culture in a Liquid Modern World by Zygmunt Bauman

Moça Deitada na Grama (young woman laying in the grass) by Carlos Drummon de Andrade

Mística e Razão, Dialética no Pensamento Judaico (Mysticism and Reason, dialectis in Jewish thinking) by Alexandre Leone

Merchands d'Art (Artsellers) by Daniel Wildenstein

Mirall Trencat (Shattered Mirror) by Mercé Rodoreda)

Le Sel de la Vie (the salt of life) by Françoise Héritier

Historie de l'art et lutte des classes (History of art and class struggle) by Nicos Hadjinicolaou

Baudelaire - compilations, organized by Plínio Augusto Coelho

Clarissa by Erico Veríssimo

tagging any mutuals that have been reading tbh!!! also @misa-ndry eonni you seem you've read a lot im curious on your next ones!

[fortunetellersdilettante]

Sembla que va ser ahir quan vaig veure la teva cara Em vas dir que estaves orgullós, però em vaig allunyar Si només sabés el que sé avui Ooh, ooh Et tindria en braços Em trauria el dolor Gràcies per tot el que heu fet Perdona tots els teus errors No hi ha res que no faria Per tornar a escoltar la teva veu De vegades vull trucar-te Però sé que no hi seràs Oh, em sap greu culpar-te Per tot el que no podia fer I m'he fet mal a mi mateix fent-te mal Alguns dies em sento trencat per dins, però no ho admetré De vegades només vull amagar-me perquè ets tu el que trobo a faltar I és tan difícil acomiadar-se Quan es tracta d'això, ooh, ah Em diries que m'equivocava? Ajudaries a entendre-ho? Em menysprees? Estàs orgullós de qui sóc? No hi ha res que no faria Per tenir una oportunitat més Mirar-te als ulls I et veig mirant enrere Oh, em sap greu culpar-te Per tot el que no podia fer I m'he fet mal, oh Si tingués un dia més Et diria quant tinc