An extraordinary novel and a lifelong winery: what you can't miss this week
What you may have missed and what you definitely cannot miss: the cultural and leisure proposals of 'Ara Diumenge'
The week ahead, with Jordi Garrigós
Some of the things we hope not to miss in the next seven days
I will finish an extraordinary novel: Where the Beasts Die (Impedimenta), by Scott Preston. It is a western set in the most rural and wild England, a story as tough as a punch that dislocates your jaw. Here there are fierce environments and people with no expectations, a world in which ethics long ago crossed over and all that matters is earning a living as best one can, even if it means going outside the law.
I will listen It is an inexplicable pain (Sonido Muchacho), the new album by the power trio Mujeres. It's been years since these Barcelonians found the perfect formula, and since then they haven't stopped giving away fast, infectious songs full of wonderful choruses. Now they return with a series of undisputed hits: Empires fall, Then flashes, Love song are some of the best from the new catalog.
I will visit the La Sobretaula reading club. Their plan is infallible: to pair literature and gastronomy. But the meetings are not to talk about cookbooks, but to discuss great novels while enjoying a good feast. In recent weeks they have devoured A Girl in the City, by Mercè Ibarz, and My Friend, by Raquel Congosto. Follow them on Instagram, as they will have new events for Sant Jordi.
The week that ends, with Thaïs Gutiérrez Vinyets
Notes on what we have seen, felt, tasted, and, in short, lived in the last seven days
I have applauded the news of the return of the series Euphoria, with its third season on HBO Max. The emblematic series by Sam Levinson, with such powerful actors as Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, or Jacob Elordi, will premiere the new season on April 12, which proposes a time jump in the lives of the protagonists that will allow us to see the important changes some of them have experienced and how they face this more mature stage.
I have enjoyed the dishes at the Barcelona Milano restaurant, on Villarroel street. Here you can find an extensive menu, with an offer ranging from Italian proposals to top-quality meat and fish, in a large space that invites you to have group dinners or lunches. Take advantage of the seasonal products, such as peas or artichokes, which are exceptional.
I celebrated the reopening of the Josefa winery, on Zaragoza street, after nine months closed. It is a historic establishment, 105 years old, which now reopens not only to offer bulk wines, but with a new gastronomic proposal that comes from the hands of the managers of the OK Sarrià hamburger restaurant and the Boadas cocktail bar. Here you will find traditional cuisine, sandwiches and, although there is no daily menu, there is a dish for 15 euros from Tuesday to Friday.
I haven't been able to stop thinking about the writer Ali Smith, who will be in charge of giving the Sant Jordi proclamation in Barcelona on April 22 and has just published a short book that is a precious tribute to Virginia Woolf. Under the title A Room of One's Own (Raig Verd), the narrator takes some of Virginia Woolf's most popular reflections, made 100 years ago, to place them today in a context still marked by inequalities. Smith claims the famous concept of a room of one's own to achieve a more open, fairer, and more habitable world for everyone.
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