the other two novels, La galeria de les estàtues is set mainly in the fictional town of Torrelloba rather than in Mequinenza. It relates the tragic story of Dalmau Campells and his family during the tension and repression of Francoist Spain. Estremida memòria (Shaken Memory) (1997) This novel revolves around events that shook the community of Mequinenza in 1877, when four of the townspeople were executed for murder and robbery. More than a hundred years later, the community is still wounded by the legacy of what happened, as becomes clear when a writer finds a report of the events written at the time by a local court scribe. As he investigates further in order to write a book about what happened, he finds that he has disturbed the past and angered some of the present-day residents of Mequinenza who would rather have left the episode safely buried in the past. Short stories Històries de la mà esquerra i altres narracions (Stories of the Left Hand) (1981) El cafè de la granota (The Frog Café) (1985) Calaveres atònites (Astonished Skulls), collection of short, humorous stories. The action takes place in post-war Mequinenza) (1999) Riada (2000) Contes (compilation of his first three books of short stories) (2001) Cabòries estivals i altres proses volanderes (2003) Quotes about their work "Moncada blends the real and the fantastic in the manner of Gabriel García Márquez, and his episodic style may remind some readers of the Colombian novelist's treatment of events in the town of Macondo in One Hundred Years of Solitude. Such a comparison is not mere reviewers' hyperbole: this is a rich, humorous and moving novel, sensitively translated into English, which should herald a glittering future for its author." (Euan Cameron. "Rich view from the banks of the Ebro", Review of The Towpath, The European) External links Jesús Moncada in the AELC Laura Ferré Badia, "L'estil literari de Jesús Moncada a Estremida Memòria: Entre el català normatiu i la llengua de Mequinensa", Premi d’Investigació “Jesús Moncada” 2018 Artur Garcia Fuster, "Memoria, Oralitat i Ironia a la narrativa de Jesús Moncada", Premi d’Investigació “Jesús Moncada” 2018 References Aragonese writers Writers from Catalonia Catalan-language writers 20th-century Spanish writers 20th-century Spanish male writers 21st-century Spanish writers Translators to Catalan 1941 births 2005 deaths Deaths from cancer in Spain 20th-century translators 21st-century translators