Scenic intro to first Catalan modernist novel, Els sots feréstecs / The wild ravines

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grade	strenuous
base camp	Barcelona
location tags	Vallès Oriental, Want to advertise your casa rural or hotel on this page? Talk to us now.
walking distance	14 km / 8.7 miles
walking time, excluding breaks	4.30 hr
total return travel time from base camp to walk	2 hr
total time from "hello" to "goodbye"	7.81 hr
fiestas and markets in places we go through - combine a walk and some partying or shopping!	April 22 (all-day Germanic tree cutting and burning ceremony; accommodation recommended and can be arranged) April 23 (mini-pilgrimage) fourth Sunday in April (mini-pilgrimage) September 1 (fiesta mayor) Note that there are also events in most places on January 6 (Three Kings), Carnival, Easter, April 23 (St George), June 23 (St John), and September 11 (Catalan regional/national day)

the walk

Raimon Casellas‘ Els sots feréstecs (The Wild Ravines), first published in book form in Barcelona in 1901, is often described as the first Catalan modernist novel. I reckon that - with its undeveloped characters, twistless plot, and folk-Catholic gloom - it’s actually more of a neo-Gothic passion drama. On this walk I take you up from the valley to visit the key locations (the highest point has spectacular views) and explain the destruction of Mossèn Llàtzer, rector of the lonely parish of Sant Pau, by Roda-soques, an outsider who provides love at a price from a house on the hill.

Sources included the ICC 1:50K map.

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