Quaranta tres - Felip Biu

Quaranta tres - Felip Biu

Un òmi qui pensa aver trobat lo mejan de conéisher lo son aviéner, lo dia ordinari d’ua mair de familha modèle, un astre misteriós detectat a las pòrtas deu sistèma solar : taus son quauques uns deus subjèctes d’aquestes sèt racontes de tonalitat fantastica, tots hèra diferents los uns deus autes, qui v’emportaràn en un viatge capvath lo temps e l’espaci dinc a las termièras deus mondes explorats per l’umanitat.
Ua tripla interrogacion totun que cor per aquestas paginas, a còps de faiçon evidenta, a còps mei a l’esconut, balhant au recuelh ua unitat hòrta. Ei l’òmi un èste libre o un èste sosmés a un destin implacable ? A la vita un sens ? Existeish ua transcendéncia qui, lhèu, e ns’espia ?
E gausaratz, com lo narrator de Quaranta tres, partir en cèrcas de responsas shens saber çò qui trobaratz au cap deu camin ?

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A man who thinks he's found a way to know his future, the ordinary day of a model mother, a mysterious star detected at the gates of the solar system: these are just some of the subjects of these seven fantastic tales, all very different from one another, which will take you on a journey through time and space to the frontiers of the worlds explored by mankind.
However, a triple question runs through these pages, sometimes obvious, sometimes more hidden, giving the collection a strong unity. Is man a free being, or subject to implacable destiny? Does life have meaning? Is there a transcendent that is perhaps watching us?
Do you dare, like the narrator of Quaranta tres, to set off in search of answers, without knowing what you'll find at the end of the road?

Per Noste edicions.

The author:

Felip Biu (1973) teaches Occitan at the University of Pau.
He has published a translation of H.-P. Lovecraft's Lo qui marmusava dens l’escuranha (The Whisperer in Darkness), as well as a translation of George Orwell's cult novel 1984 (Letras d'òc). And by the editions Per Noste: Pilula roja, Quaranta tres, Lo diable la se creme.