Confessions

At 60 and with a diagnosis of early Alzheimers Adria Ardevol re-examines his life before his memory is systematically deleted. He recalls a loveless childhood where the family antique business and his fathers study becomes the centre of his world. His mother a cold distant and pragmatic woman leaves him to his solitary games. An accident ends the life of his enigmatic father filling Adrias world with guilt secrets and deeply troubling mysteries. Ambitious powerful and deeply-moving. Confessions is a consummate masterpiece with an ending that will not just leave you thinking but probably change the way you think forever. Jaume Cabre is one of the most internationally celebrated contemporary Catalan writers.