Quim Monzo
Список книг автора Quim MonzoHundert Geschichten
Mit dem Titel «Hundert Geschichten» legt die FVA erstmals alle Erzählungen des bekannten katalanischen Schriftstellers Quim Monzó in einem Band vor. Es beginnt mit seinen frühen Geschichten Uff, sagte er: Hominiden, die Katalonien entdecken, Bankräuber die im Vollrausch eine Fleischbank überfallen, Literophagen, die Spaß daran finden, Buchstaben zu verschlingen. In den folgenden Kapiteln finden wir bunte Geschichten über Beziehungsprobleme, über Irrungen und Wirrungen moderner Beziehungskisten, über die falsche Eitelkeit der Menschen, das unaufhaltsame Vergehen der Zeit, über fatale Mißverständnisse mit unvorhersehbaren Folgen. Geschichten über frischverliebte und erfahrenere Ehepaare, Singles, Liebe und Liebesschmerz, Glück und Eifersucht, Sex und erotische Spielerei. Humorvoll, meisterhaft, makaber, schnörkellos und präzise bringt es Quim Monzó auf seine unverwechselbare Weise auf den Punkt, geben seine «Romane in Pillenform» ein ironisch-komisches Abbild des Lebensgefühls unserer westeuropäischen Gesellschaft. Der Leser muß mit Überraschungen rechnen: Hundert wunderbare Geschichten, die zu dem Besten gehören, was derzeit in diesem Genre geschieht. Und über allen schwebt der mehr oder minder eingestandene Wunsch nach einem großen Zusammenhang, einem Sinn dieses zerfahrenen Lebens. Denn, das scheint Monzó sagen zu wollen: Menschen treiben unbelehrbar und orientierungslos durch die Zeit und glauben an eine rote Linie, die es nicht mehr gibt, sie sind Robinsone einer nichtkommunikativen Ära.
Gasoline
"Monzó delivers drollery on nearly every page, in observations that are incisive and hilarious and horrifying, often all at once."—Publishers Weekly[/i] For the first time in his life, Heribert Juliá is unable to paint. On the eve of an important gallery exhibition, for which he's created nothing, he's 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 Helena's infidelity with complete indifference. Humbert Herrera, an up-and-coming artist who can't stop creating, picks up the threads of Heribert's 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 Monzó as the foremost Catalan writer of his generation. Quim Monzó[/b] was born in Barcelona in 1952. He has been awarded the National Award, the City of Barcelona Award, the Prudenci Bertrana Award, the El Temps Award, the Lletra d'Or Prize for the best book of the year, and the Catalan Writers' Award; he has been awarded Serra d'Or magazine's prestigious Critics' Award four times. He has also translated numerous authors into Catalan, including Truman Capote, J.D. Salinger, and Ernest Hemingway. Mary Ann Newman is the Director of the Catalan Center at New York University's Center for European and Mediterranean Studies. She is a translator, editor, and occasional writer on Catalan culture.
Guadalajara
"A gifted writer, he draws well on the rich tradition of Spanish surrealism . . . to sustain the lyrical, visionary quality of his imagination."—New York Times All the heroes of this story collection—the 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 can't remember any of the prophecies that have been revealed to him; Ulysses and his minions trapped in the Trojan horse—are 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 can't escape. The simultaneously dark, grotesque, and funny Guadalajara reveals Quim Monzó at his acerbic and witty best. Quim Monzó[/b] was born in Barcelona in 1952. He has been awarded the National Award, the City of Barcelona Award, the Prudenci Bertrana Award, the El Temps Award, the Lletra d'Or Prize for the best book of the year, and the Catalan Writers' Award; he has been awarded Serra d'Ormagazine's prestigious Critics' Award four times. He has also translated numerous authors into Catalan, including Truman Capote, J.D. Salinger, and Ernest Hemingway. Peter Bush is a renowned translator from Catalan, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. He was awarded the Valle-Inclán Literary Translation Prize for his translation of Juan Goytisolo's The Marx Family Saga.
