4 October 2026 · Sara Marugan
Writer Ramon Surroca: “For me, it is a very well-rounded book”
This article was machine-translated from Sara's Catalan original. The writing is hers; the translation has not been reviewed by a person. Read the Catalan original →
The writer Ramon Surroca i Nouvilas, author of books such as Memòria de sal, has read my book Ramon Llull com mai te l'han explicat and sent me his thoughts on it.
He highlights that, for all the information it contains, the book is “both very accessible and very complete”. He says himself that he is no expert on Llull, and that this is precisely what let him appreciate its “great virtue as a work of popularisation”.
The sentence that made me happiest is this one: “I think it could be an extraordinary tool for bringing everyone closer to the great Llull.” I could not ask for more: that is why I wrote it.
Here is his opinion in full:
“Although the book contains a great deal of information, it has the great virtue of being both very accessible and very complete; I mean that you never feel that anything essential is missing that might distort the story. As I expected, I enjoyed the book very much. It reads very well, and I think that whether a passage deals with a more complex question or a clearer one, the style is always crystal clear. Although I am no expert on Llull, I realise that this lack of deep knowledge has helped me appreciate all the more the great virtue as a work of popularisation that this book has. I think it is very well written, never convoluted or gratuitous, and I think it could be an extraordinary tool for bringing everyone closer to the great Llull. I think it could be very successful, because Llull is not easy to approach and the book offers a possibility that has not existed until now, at least in the way it presents him. For me, it is a very well-rounded book.”
Ramon Surroca i Nouvilas, writer (translated from the Catalan original)
Thank you, Ramon, for reading it so carefully and for these words.
