Barbarous Lands

A story of family secrets and legacies, of loyalties and betrayals, and of the devastating effects of silenced personal and collective memory. 

What is truth? In a time of amnesia, when certainties become distorted and the darkest, most warped versions of the past resurface, Barbarous Lands tells the story of Guillem, the son of anti-Franco activists, and Vera, abandoned by her father. 

Both are journalists by vocation, driven by a commitment to information and truth. But when they begin investigating several cases of corruption, they find themselves mired in a dense web. Nothing is as it seems—neither at work nor within the intimacy of family life. They must tread carefully and wait for a crack to appear in the wall of silence, one that will bring down the veil of deception. 

Vicent Flor has crafted a gripping novel that challenges and unsettles, prompting reflection. It revolves around the possibility of establishing truth in the public debate while questioning both our recent past and our present. A novel about the role of truth and lies in our lives.