Pilar Urbano (Valencia, 1940) maintains intact his curiosity and stimulus to investigate the great events of the present day, but he takes his time, avoiding falling into the urgency of the instant chronicle. Thus arises The RisingThe book dissects the pro-independence process by tracing its origins, investigating its international financing and analysing its political effects in today's Spain.
The prestigious journalist and writer received PROA Communication in his Madrid studio to talk about his work, but also about issues such as the current situation of journalism, the concept of truth and the independence of the judiciary.
"It is the coup, the most serious attack on national sovereignty since we became democrats", says Urbano, who chose the title from the Supreme Court ruling, in which the term "uprising" appears 47 times. "I have a very low opinion of journalism now," he confesses, because "it is very repetitive" and "there is a lot of secrecy". "I spent four years researching", says the writer, for whom the key to the procés, to which she has devoted much of her effort, continues to be: "And who pays for this?
Urban adds The Rising to a large number of successful research books and biographies such as I investigated 23-F, The mother of the executed, The man from Villa Tevere, The Queen, I joined the Cesid, Garzón: the man who saw the sunrise, Chief Atta, The great forgetfulness o The price of the throne.
In this case, his prose continues to stand out for its agility, and his investigative efforts led him to interview a multitude of protagonists of the trial of the procés, as well as including documents such as the famous "Moleskine diary" seized by the Guardia Civil, with the pro-independence roadmap, or the recreation of conversations between political and judicial figures at the highest level.