THE MEMORY OF THE ANTS

To understand better the meaning of things and to explain the world to her daughter, this is what Joana does whilst cleaning up the beach with a tractor, collecting secrets brought by the sea and filling with thoughts the notebook of her life.

“Iolanda Batallé transmits everything that writes and even more.”, Laia Fàbregas.

“A sensibility that allows us to feel (…) the truth of what we truly are: fragile shadows walking in a rush.”, Ana Maria Moix.

“Such an extraordinary narrative voice that you don’t remember reading it, but feeling it, speaking to it.”, Ricard Ruíz Garzón.

“The writing seems transparent, nostalgic and bright and, nevertheless, it is loaded with strength, rage and roots.”, Constantino Bértolo.

“She uncovers the Pandora’s box of a generation accused to keep the gunpowder wet.”, Isidre Grau.