At Can Prunera, we have started a reading club for those who enjoy books as works of art: with time, curiosity and conversation. Each meeting is a shared visit, an attentive reading, an open dialogue and a space for thinking together. You don’t need to be an expert, just eager to read and learn. The meetings will be once a month.
“Life as told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal”,
by Arsuaga and Millás.
Conducted by Teresa Mayol.
For years, Juan José Millás has been fascinated by life, its origins and its evolution. So he set out to discover, together with one of Spain’s leading experts in the field, Juan Luis Arsuaga, why we are the way we are and what has brought us to where we are today. The paleontologist’s wisdom is combined in this book with the writer’s ingenuity and personal and surprising view of reality. Because Millás is a Neanderthal (or so he says), and Arsuaga, in his eyes, a Sapiens.
Thus, over many months, the two visited different places, many of them common settings in our daily lives, and others, unique sites where you can still see the vestiges of what we were, of where we came from. On these journeys, which may remind the reader of those of Don Quixote and Sancho, the sapiens tried to teach the neanderthal how to think like a sapiens and, above all, that Prehistory is not a thing of the past: the traces of humanity through the millennia can be found anywhere, from a cave or a landscape to a playground or a stuffed animal shop. It is life that beats in this book. The best of stories.
Requirements for attendance:
– Purchase of the book at the Can Prunera bookshop
– Become a Friend of Can Prunera
– Have a drink at the cafeteria-wine bar
Date: 21 February 2026
Time: Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Free registration
