“Alex of the smile”, by Carles Durà

Roc Boronat Award 2024

With the author accompanied by Cristina Díez

Alex from the smile explores a father's relationship with his seventeen-year-old son, who has been diagnosed with a stage II cyst in the kidney. With short and forceful chapters, fits episodes from Alex's childhood with scenes from a present marked by disease and the pandemic to build an intelligent and striking novel.