The novel Nik kantatu eta dantza egiten da mendia, published last year in Catalan. With this work, Irene Solà, writer and plastic artist, has won four awards. The last was the European Union’s literature prize, which was translated by Joxan Elosegi and edited by Alberdania this year.

In an interview, Solà said that he had a great time writing this book, which has been for him a game and an experimentation this literary exercise. Hence the most attractive part of this book. We're used to seeing worlds and people from different perspectives through narrative voices. But on this occasion the perspectives are much more numerous, because in addition to being a coral novel, they are not the only ones narrated by people. Because spirits, animals and nature will also be the ones who guide the reader along the chapters. On these pages we will have other views, other languages, other imaginaries.

The life(s) of the mountain is the protagonist of this book, in particular the history and mythology of the Catalan Pyrenees. To do so, he has spun the historical facts, the stories and the legends of the house itself and created the novel. There appear and disappear characters from different generations who have lived and died. Some have gone from the mountain to the town or to the city, others have gone the other way. Those who live in a traditional and “alternative” way are neighbors, along with mountain mythological beings, ghosts between life and death, wild animals and plants. The mountain range itself is also one of the characters and we will be able to hear your voice at the heart of the novel.

As a result of this attempt to look at nature with other eyes and place it in nature, the discourse of community feminism in Latin America comes to the forefront. The body and the earth, according to his words, are "one" and are dedicated to the defense of both. In this book you can see this connection, the senses wake up and there are traces left in the body when its inhabitants climb the mountain or walk through the forest. However, this exercise of wealth and imagination requires an active reader to follow the words and relate them. Are you ready?