TERRITORY OF LIGHT

EDITORIAL FORM

violet light / THE VIOLET LIGHT / the violet light

Isolated Editions · Melqart Media · 2026

THE VIOLET LIGHT It is the sixth book by Ibizan author Ramon Mayol, a work that confirms the maturity of a literary voice that moves naturally between symbolic narrative, the ecological perspective and the Mediterranean sensitivity. The book proposes a story divided into three voices - a century-old pine, a sargantana and a meteorite—which function as metaphors of the past, the present and future of the island of Ibiza. This non-human perspective allows the author to explore the memory of the territory, environmental fragility and the emotional relationship between landscape and community with refined prose, lyrical and highly evocative.

The work is part of the creative line that has characterized Mayol's career.: the defense of the territory, ecological awareness and the vindication of Pitiusa cultural identity. Your writing, precise and symbolic, turns fiction into a space of revelation, where the violet light—that unique light of the Ibizan sunset—acts as a metaphor for what reality does not always show.

Edition and features

The publication of THE VIOLET LIGHT forma parte de las actividades del 15º aniversario de Edicions Aïllades, label integrated into the small Melqart Media publishing group, celebrating a decade and a half of commitment to contemporary literature and local creation.

The book se presenta en una edición especial en tapa dura, cared for in every detail, and for the first time in a trilingual format that brings together the complete text in Catalan, Spanish and English, reinforcing the international projection of the catalog.

Marga Jarrín's illustrations provide a visual dimension of great delicacy, expanding the poetic atmosphere of the story and becoming one of the most distinctive elements of the volume. His work dialogues with the narrative and complements it, creating a book that is both literary and plastic.