What dreams does someone have who hasn't received a letter in prison for twelve years? What wisdom is hidden in books no one has read? What destinies collapse on the graves of famous composers? What music does a murderer hear, what does a madman hear, what does someone who no longer wants to or can no longer be a great musician hear? In 'Winter Journey' there will be disappointed pianists who are not afraid to disappoint the public, heartless swindlers and incorrigible music lovers, killers and cuckolds, one heroic horse, Vatican functionaries, elusive love, as well as Johann Sebastian Bach, who wrote the impossible 'Counterpoint', Franz Schubert, whose 'Winter Journey' cycle permeates this book from beginning to end, and the great Rembrandt, who created a portrait of an amazing destiny. Amsterdam, Vienna, Treblinka, Paris and Oslo, Catalonia and Israel, the Vatican and Bosnia; The 17th, 20th, and 21st centuries are all intermingled, shimmering all the brighter and more deceptive. Jaume Cabré (b. 1947) is the greatest star of Catalan literature, winner of numerous awards; his books have been translated into dozens of languages, with print runs exceeding a million copies. His collection, Winter Journey, which won the prestigious Catalan literary prize, the Crítica Serra d’Or (2001), tells the stories of desperate, sometimes desperate people, who sing their own songs at the top of their voices, or under their breath, or even behind the scenes, and everything resounds with a polyphonic canon, incredible counterpoint, a nod to Bach and Schubert, an impossible music that no one but Cabré could write. Available in Russian for the first time!