The reading of Els erms is electric: you have to applaud the skill of Chance brings them together in a remote and somewhat unpleasant place, the inn next to the Sau dam. The chosen location is ideal and well described: the stale and decadent decoration, the fog that envelops everything and turns the hotel into an airtight chamber, the almost empty reservoir: everything contributes to creating the oppressive atmosphere of imminent tragedy that serves as a perfect backdrop for the story of Ramona Ra, a podcasting sociologist and columnist with a bit of imposter syndrome, who has doubts about the relationship she has with an English girlfriend. In addition, she has to write a lecture and, what is worse, she has signed a contract to write an essay that she has no desire to undertake. It is Christmas Eve and there is a sister with a family who is calling for her, but Ramona prefers to hit the road and isolate herself from a world she judges harshly.

"If you ask ChatGPT to define the work and style of Carlota GurtHe will tell her: “Her style is characterized by precise, yet intimate prose that invites reflection on feelings, loneliness, and the search for meaning in everyday life.” After reading The moors"This will confirm that, fortunately for her and her readers, Gurt's prose is much more than that," says Sergi Pàmies, one of the seven members of the jury for the eleventh Anagrama Books Prize – worth 12,000 euros – which has chosen Gurt's novel from among the 66 original works that define themselves as "Mixed"tour de force "narrative against the wastelands of the modern world, or how good fiction can prevail over reality." And just as he was about to elaborate on his interpretation, the Civil Protection alarm sounded, warning of torrential rains, and Casacuberta and everyone attending the press conference had to rush to silence their cell phones. "BK_S_!" exclaimed Gurt after bursting into euphoric laughter. "I set off this alarm myself." After a short pause, he offered a brief summary of the book:The moors It was born when I went to Sau at a time when the reservoir was at 2%. It's a novel about climatic, emotional, professional, and sexual drought through two characters, Fausto and Ramona, whom we follow in parallel until, improbably, they meet."