The Gandia-based publisher, Lletra Impresa, marks its tenth anniversary with the release of "Amor particular" (2026), a book by Mercè Climent (Alcoi, 1981) featuring twenty-one short stories organized into four thematic groups: love, earth, light, and voice. The publication, recently launched in the capital of La Safor, is presented as an invaluable gift for reflecting on beauty and intimate disappearances.
In her "Author's Note," Climent elaborates on her writing as a strategy for identifying her own voice. The book's title is inspired by a song by Lluís Llach, connecting themes of love and rebellion that are recurrent throughout the stories. The temporal discrepancies between the texts, some written specifically for this edition and others published between 2010 and 2025, create a fascinating diachrony that invites an alternative chronological reading.
Climent's intimate and sincere style blurs the line between the story's content and biographical elements. The dedications and the intergenerational perspective, spanning from grandmothers to granddaughters, reinforce this closeness. The book addresses lived or possible experiences, opening a mysterious literary fissure, and is presented as a paradise that moves and leads to inherent youth, fostering emancipated readings where the author's voice serves as a pretext for readers to find their own.
The Llachian musical code, present in the book, is articulated with Carles Gámez's assertions about Llach. The song "Amor particular" and the concept of "pedagogy of utopia" from "Viatge a Ítaca" reinforce the idea of dreaming of a better world. This ethical-political code, which should be cultivated from a young age, is found in the stories, where love and rebellion overlap, escaping the repetitive sphere of the clock.
The seven literary quotes that head some of the stories, by authors such as Ausiàs March, Ramon Guillem, Joan Fuster, Silvio Rodríguez, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Julio Cortázar, and Maria Mercè Marçal, enrich the book and invite exploration without dismantling the plot. These quotes connect the history of kisses and heartbeats, helping to escape linear time and recover memories that dismantle the clock's hands.
The book's cover, designed by Daniel García Moragues (Mr. Danga), features an evocative illustration that dialogues with the content. The pages tremble like gathered bodies, where skin and face merge, and blue and white clouds suggest a space of dreams and reflection. "Amor particular" becomes a multidimensional sonata, a spherical book where the author's voice, the musical code, and the synergy of love and rebellion converge, particularly in the "voice" group of stories, dedicated to the mother and the echo of absences.
