
I DE COM VA SER DISCUTIT Y APROBAT UN IMPORTANT ARTICLE DEL REGLAMENT INTERIOR DELS «HABITANTS DE LA LLUNA»
II De Planells, dels voltants de Planells y de Planells mateix.
III Dels Planellenchs, de llur tarannar y de la germanor que’ls unia en certs casos y determinades coses.
IV Pluja, anyorament, amor, somnis, serenata, sorpresa y esguerradures.
V De la secció lírica y de les particularitats que reunían certs instruments y’ls socis que’ls tocavan.
VI Un qu’anyora la dòna, un que se’n vol separar, rahons que n’esdevenen y triomf final del companyerisme.
VII De les tristeses d’en Barrabola y de lo que li va passar al cementiri de Planells.
VIII De com el ser viu moltes vegades no vol dir rès.
IX Unes rahons matrimonials, un cedassayre cedasser, una discussió, y una serenata interrompuda.
X De com en Pepis Calau va ferse seu al batlle y de com el batlle va ser nomenat president honorari dels «Habitants de la lluna.»
In a dimly lit council chamber perched on the moon’s oldest borough, a dozen representatives crowd onto low ottomans, their shadows dancing against glass lanterns and a colossal spider‑web of crystal. The young President—sharp‑featured, black‑bearded, and crowned with a soft‑brimmed hat—presides over a chorus of eccentric voices, from the bombastic Terratrèmol to the sly master‑of‑houses Fresques, each delivering their petitions in a lyrical, half‑whispered cadence that feels both ancient and otherworldly. The scene crackles with nervous energy as the group prepares to vote on a single, oddly specific article of their internal regulations, setting the tone for a story that blends bureaucratic satire with a vivid, lunar backdrop.
As the candle flames flicker and the glass spider sways, the debate spirals into a colorful clash of philosophies, hinting at deeper questions of authority, tradition, and the everyday absurdities of life far from Earth. Listeners are invited into a world where even the smallest procedural dispute can erupt into theatrical spectacle, offering witty dialogue, striking imagery, and a glimpse of a community striving to carve order out of the moon’s stark serenity.
Language
ca
Duration
~2 hours (129K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Josep Cols Canals and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
Jul 29, 2016
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1875–1918
A Catalan journalist, playwright, and novelist, he wrote with a strong feel for stage dialogue and everyday life. His career moved between newspapers and literature, leaving behind fiction and drama before his early death in 1918.
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