La magnitud de la tragèdia

quim monzó

Un trompetista aconsegueix finalment el somni que ha acariciat durant setmanes: sortir amb la vedette del teatre on treballa. Per agafar coratge, durant el sopar beu molt més del que ell considera recomanable. Per això s’adona que, de tan borratxo com va, si realment assoleix endur-se la vedette al llit, potser no estarà a l’altura. Aquest és l’inici de La magnitud de la tragèdia, una novel·la sobre l’amor, l’odi, la solitud, el pas inapel·lable del temps i la inevitabilitat de la mort.

Genres humorspanish literaturefictionpoetrycontemporary

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1989

Literary awards

btba best translated book award,

This edition

Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Published: March 1, 1989 by Quaderns Crema
ISBN: 9788477270386
ASIN: 8477270384
Language: Catalan; Valencian

About the author

quim monzó

Quim Monzó was born in Barcelona in 1952.
He has been awarded the National Award for fiction; the City of Barcelona Award for fiction; the Prudenci Bertrana Award for fiction; the El Temps Award for best novel; the Lletra d'Or Prize; the Catalan Writers' Award; the Maria Àngels Anglada; the Trajectòria; he has also been awarded Serra d'Or magazine's prestigious Critics' Award, four times.

In 2007 he wrote and read the opening speech at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Monzó designed a lecture written as if it was a short story. It differed completely from traditional speeches.
Together with Cuca Canals, he wrote the dialogues for Bigas Luna's movie Jamón, jamón. He has also written the musical satire El tango de Don Joan, with Jérôme Savary.
He is a regular contributor to the La Vanguardia newspaper.