GUILLERIES

Guilleries is set during the Carlist Wars in the forests of the Plain of Vic, with the precision of a historical novel and a native's command of the territory.

Set in Taradell, at the tail end of the 19th century. Young Boi is playing near a river when he discovers a trail of blood. His decision to follow it will mean unburying the past, and will mark the start of an adventure that will force him to separate from his family, take refuge in bramble bushes, and flee the gangs of gunmen that roam the Plain of Vic. Boi will ride through the fog, in a voyage that will teach him about friendship, love, cruelty, and pain. Guilleries is a crepuscular Western, a coming-of-age novel about guilt and redemption, that celebrates life in all its manifestations. Its beauty shines through even the most primeval violence and brutality. Ferran Garcia Moreno was born on the Plain of Vic. He has published the novels Recorda que moriràs (2016) and Blasfèmia (2019), both with Editorial Males Herbes. As a poet, he is the author of Larva (winner of the Pare Colom Prize, Lleonard Muntaner Editor, 2017) and the forthcoming Magror (winner of the 2021 Pere Badia Prize). His short stories include "Mil vegades Llàtzer" winner of the 2016 Cryptshow competition and published in Deu relats eco- futuristes (Editorial Males Herbes, 2016), "Vulgata" (2019 Pratdip Terror and Mystery Prize), which is collected in Contes per al (des)confinament (Edito- rial Males Herbes, 2020), "Òpera Creus" (winner of the 2020 Recvll literary competition) and "Els sis dits de l'enyor" included in Escut i altres contes (Cossetània Edicions, 2021).