Poetry & Prose is the first time Jordi Llavina's work has been
translated into English and published. The book is a collection of two
of his most important and popular pieces of work: The Hermitage and
The Pomegranate. In both, Jordi Llavina evokes the sights, sounds and
smells of the Mediterranean landscape while weaving together themes of
singular poetic beauty.
The Hermitage, a long poem of more than 1400 lines, tells of the
author's physical and metaphysical journey up a hill in southern
Catalonia to visit a hermitage. Llavina touches on many themes in this
poem, including love, death, family, loss, hope and memories. In 2019,
Jordi Llavina was awarded the prestigious Lletra d'Or prize for this
poem.
The second piece of work in the collection is The Pomegranate. Again
written about a journey, The Pomegranate is a mix of both poetry and
prose and tells the story of a grieving wanderer through the Catalan
countryside.