This is the first book by Jomi Capri that I take it that way “It’s a masterpiece,” Tofol Tribat told me. “Everything he published later,” Who was a professor of geography and history and a professor at the University of Barcelona.
refers to Monk Junoy or the Torment of VoicesHe read it several times, maybe twelve. (andactually prose In a society where literacy rates are not suitable for throwing missiles)“On first reading I was interested Especially the conspiracy What Holds you, It also has an open ending.“With each new reading I enjoy the elements I discover.” Explain to me.
He has read all of Jaume Capri’s books in Tofol. “I like what he writes, even though he is always very pessimistic,” he comments. They have known each other since they were teenagers. They have developed a good friendship, which has only grown stronger over the years. Tofol explains that Capri takes several years Fair Novel, because it is a lot precise It highlights that it achieves excellence in “e“The character image, the plot and the richness of the language.” “It’s not entertainment literature, no, it’s Nobel literature,” he assured me, showing me a copy. Mr. Johnway… With everything to sticky notes:Selected Pages Who especially loves him.
“I was also interested in this novel, which is set almost entirely in a convent, specifically with Cistercian nuns living in extreme poverty,” he says. “They live in an inhuman way, with an interpretation of Christianity mistakeAnd sacrifice and atonement for the grave sin. FExtra and everything Give up music They only sing at Sunday Vespers. And they go too far!
Jaume worked for two years at Vila Real, at the end of the Franco regime.“I imagine he must have known the monastery of Benivasa, where this novel takes place.” Tofil comments. It is not the first work that Capri has set in Sinope. The ancient Romanesque Benedictine monastery of Sant Pere del Burgal (Escalo, Balar Sobera) is the scene of some of the most relevant episodes of Joe admittedalso by Jaume Capri.
FA ascetic life, Jaume Capri Before he devoted himself fully to writing, in order to earn carob, he would wake up at four in the morning to go to Mirkabarna. SBut the nuns in the novel still live longer. Spartan: “Prudence and decency compel a woman, as soon as she enters under these walls, to remain completely naked. The cleaning work in the baths is performed without excuse while she is wearing a bathing shirt.”Monk Junoy or the Torment of Voices“Nuns do not have chests, boxes or locked cabinets because our poverty forces us not to keep even secrets.”Monk Junoy or the Torment of Voices).
“La Rabita is deathly poor. And because there is no one, they have no music either.”Monk Junoy or the Torment of VoicesIt is worth noting that Capri renamed Santa Maria di Benevasa to Rapita.
Because of his absence, ironically,Music is one of the great elements of the novel. The protagonist, Fra Junoi, an organist who has been demoted to the rank of confessor of a monastery, and who is unjustly accused of heresy, vice and corruption, suffers greatly because music is one of his greatest spiritual treasures.
Music It is very common. in To literature From Capri. “Jaume has admitted several times that he wishes he were a musician. “He plays the violin very well,” Tribat comments. “When he writes, he plays background music. I don’t,” he explains. “We are very different in this.” com.tofol Trips, jazz musician. HHe was the pianist in Black Locomotive, a musical formation that just ended after 50 years of stellar career. He has the gift of absolute hearing.
“I wanted to be a monk,” says Tofol, smiling. He explains to me that this is not much. For travel “I see you’re not planning on coming. In the monastery “No, it’s far away!” A few days later I headed there. HLocated in the Valencia region, near catalonia In a very lonely place. Accessed from Sinaia.
A perfectly straight path, lined with cypress trees, leads me to the entrance. I see more than one sign warning that drones are prohibited there. It’s okay to be one. center closing. but Following the road to Fredes, you can get a good aerial view of the city. hiring (If you go, know that it is difficult to park the car on this winding road.)
“The church is only visited on Thursdays from 1 to 3 pm.“Yes, I have already been informed of this strict schedule. Today is Thursday at 1:00 PM. H.Very friendly representative. The nun who was already waiting for me. He immediately gave me a CD containing the songs sung by the nuns. “How many nuns are you, here“I asked him. “Seven nuns… and two more to come,” he said. “And two monks.” I think this monastery is large for very few people. We enter the church, sober and transparent. , rather dark, one of the main sculptural elements is Saint Pro, founder of the Carthusians. andA trellis separates the monks (the main area where the altar is) from the nuns (the central nave area). In their area It is hanging The bell ringing rope that reaches almost to the ground. Then we go to an area where Hi there The tower at that time was out of control. It is in the outbuildings which cannot be visited and The feeling invades meI don’t know why, it bothers me.
Show my host a copy of Mr. Johnway… “What era is he from?” he asks me. I can see you don’t know him at all. I have impression Which connects the world of books to the book strange behavior, at other times. I told him: “He is alive! He is one of the greats of current Catalan literature!”
and monastery whoDOrm crashed behind a winding hill.
monastery Santa Maria de Beniface was founded by Jaume I. Friars from Poblet first settled there. The War of Succession and the War of Independence continue CauseIt starts to the for him Corruption that society had to give upif Under the Mendizábal Confiscation Act of 1835. The Carlin Wars ended the destruction of buildings. but In the sixties of the twentieth century he The cenobi were restored to accommodate the Carthusian nuns who were still there.
Who described it best is of course Jaume Capri: “D“Oh hidden behind a rocky hill and always surprising the traveler who finds it bursada after passing many curves of grey silence with patches of miserable vegetation.”
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