Just after finishing the reading of Venus i els bàrbars, we could imagine a book club with the members of Revolta Pagesa and councilor Ordeig as moderator, passionately debating this matter of the "barbarians". It is not difficult to believe that such a scene would have delighted the author, always diligent in shaking consciences and provoking lively disputes. Cap de Brot Publishing House has had the courage and the foresight to recover another author from the waters of oblivion. It is, no more and no less, Lluís Capdevila i Vilallonga (Barcelona, 1893-Andorra la Vella, 1980), a picturesque, unclassifiable literary figure. And it does so with an impeccable edition, rounded off by a prologue by Agnès Rotger that aptly accompanies the return of this sidelined voice.