Your Honor

14 hrs. 48 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Jaume Cabré

Narrator Sergey Kirsanov

Description

The novel by the outstanding Catalan writer Jaume Cabré, “Your Honor” (1991), was created long before his famous “I Confess.” Even then, the author was preoccupied with the theme of the powerful, the fates of corruption, and absolute power—power that acknowledges only the right of the strong.

Winter of 1799. In Barcelona, rains don’t stop. The city seems paralyzed, and yet high society life is in full swing. It seems the aristocrats only care about how to celebrate the coming of the new, nineteenth century. In the cathedral they perform Te Deum, and in the luxurious halls there’s a series of receptions… But the festive atmosphere is darkened by a strange murder of a French singer. A young poet is arrested—someone who just happened to be “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” He is unconditionally declared guilty, especially because documents were found in his possession that could bring down “your honor”—Don Rafel Masso, the president of the Supreme Court. It is known that this man—endowed with the power to kill or pardon—has one weakness: he adores beautiful women. So what will outweigh: justice or power, executioner or victim, “I didn’t kill her!” one—or “I didn’t want this!” the other?…