I confess

Jaume Cabré is a prominent Catalan writer, screenwriter, philologist, one of the greatest figures in Catalan literature, a subtle psychologist deeply understanding human nature. His novel "I confess" has been translated into sixteen languages, has received prestigious awards, including the award from the Spanish Association of Literary Critics, and its circulation has exceeded half a million copies. The hero of the novel "I confess," Adria Ardevol, a musician, art connoisseur, and polyglot, reevaluates his life before an invisible broom sweeps away all events from his memory one by one. He recalls his childhood, his cold and pragmatic mother, his erudite father with his mysterious fate, and his antique shop's most valuable treasure — an ancient Storian violin, stained by a long-ago crime. And it turns out that Adria's story began many centuries ago in the Catalan monastery of San Pere del Burgal, and the sounds of the fantastically perfect violin by the Cremonese master magically transform human destinies. Now Adria's world is flooded with dark secrets and mysteries, the solutions to which will take years…