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All the heroes of this story collectionthe boy who refuses to
follow the family tradition of having his ring finger cut off; the
man who cannot escape his house, no matter what he tries; Robin
Hood stealing so much from the rich that he ruins the rich and
makes the poor wealthy; Gregor the cockroach, who wakes one day to
discover he has become a human teenager; the prophet who cant
remember any of the prophecies that have been revealed to him;
Ulysses and his minions trapped in the Trojan horseare faced with a
world that is always changing, where time and space move in
circles, where language has become meaningless. Their stories are
mazes from which they cant escape. The simultaneously dark,
grotesque, and funny Guadalajara reveals Quim Monzo at his acerbic
and witty best.
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Why, Why, Why (Paperback)
Quim Monz o; Translated by Peter Bush
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Gasoline (Paperback)
Quim Monz o
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For the first time in his life, Heribert Juli is unable to paint.
On the eve of an important gallery exhibition, for which hes
created nothing, hes bored with life: he falls asleep while making
love with his mistress, wanders from bar to bar, drinking whatever
comes to his attention first, and meets the evidence of his wife
Helenas infidelity with complete indifference. Humbert Herrera, an
up-and-coming artist who cant stop creating, picks up the threads
of Heriberts life, taking his wife, replacing him at the gallery,
and pursuing his former mistress. Heribert is finally undone by a
massive sculpture, while Humbert is planning the sculpture to end
sculpture, the poem to end poetry, and the film to end film, all
while mounting three simultaneous shows. A fun-house mirror through
which he examines the creative process, the life and loves of
artists, and the New York art scene, Gasoline confirms Quim Monz as
the foremost Catalan writer of his generation.
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