Pau de Gósol

Pablo Picasso's "Les demoiselles d'Avignon" were born in Paris, but were conceived in Gósol. If anyone doubts this, just dive into these pages. Here is the chronicle of an artistic revelation and a personal transformation. In 1906, in a small town in Alt Berguedà, at the foot of Cadí, Pablo Picasso transformed into Pau: Pau de Gósol. He was fascinated by the enigmatic Hermínia, by the "peasants of Andorra" and by men who seemed to be made of stone and earth. The trip to Gósol was, at the beginning of the 20th century, a radical journey through time. Iñaki Rubio manages to make the heartbeat of those mountains palpable and shed light on one of the most momentous and unknown periods in the career of one of the most influential artists in history.