Pasqual Farràs was born in Solsona in 1959. He obtained his degree in Catalan Philology from the University of Barcelona in 1981. Since then, he has worked as a teacher of Language and Literature within the Department of Education.

He began writing in his thirties and, to date, has published three novels, La mort del fabulador (‘The Death of the Story-teller’), published by Quaderns Crema in 1999; El vigilant i les coses (‘The Watchman and the Things’), published in 2009 by Edicions de 1984, which was a finalist for the 2010 Crexells Prize; and La necessitat (‘Necessity’), also published by Edicions de 1984, in 2023, Critics’ award given by Asociación Española de Críticos Literarios. He is currently working on his latest book, La vida a la frontera (‘Life on the Edge’), thus bringing this narrative cycle to a close.

In a clear pursuit of the unconventional, Pasqual Farràs’s narrative work oscillates between textual discourse and reflection on the function of writing in the contemporary world. In the understanding that literature is ultimately a linguistic matter, his stories unfold within the framework of a discourse imbued with meaning, offering a unique way of perceiving and seeing the world. As such, this formal exercise, which draws on the experimental European literature of the last century, defies mere aestheticism and offers an uncompromising exploration of the possibilities of a personal imaginary in a world of constant transformation.

Translated by Traduccions MÓN