PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK "IRREDUCTIBLES, UNA HISTÒRIA DE LA LLENGUA I LA LITERATURA DELS VALENCIANS", BY CARLES FENOLLOSA
Carlos Fenollosa
Irreducible. Una història de la llengua i la literatura dels Valencians is an essay and a doubt exposed after an intense and perspective reading: the past and the present of Valencian language and literature written with all its words, two of the capital elements that have particularized and defined the Valencian people as a European community for almost eight centuries.
To find out what has happened to our language and our literature over time, from the Middle Ages to the present day, it is necessary to read this work, written in Carlos Fenollosa's fascinating style: disturbing, combative, ironic, brilliant, provocative. Here is everything that anyone with the slightest interest in Valencian language and literature should know about its evolution, from a global perspective.
The book, in fact, comes at a decisive and paradoxical historical moment: our language is more studied and spoken by more people than ever before, but its survival in the medium term is seriously compromised. This powerful work is also, in the end, an appeal to us: we have been irreducible up to now, but will we be from now on?
