Ochenta y seis cuentos

quim monzó

Traducido a más de una docena de lenguas y relacionado por la crítica europea con Rabelais, Kafka y Borges, Monzó es un cuentista portentoso. Ahora ha decidido revisar y reunir en un solo volumen todos sus cuentos publicados, algunos de ellos inéditos en castellano. Son ochenta y seis prodigios de concisión, agudeza, humor negro, desesperanza y lucidez. Una gozosa lección de la mejor literatura.

Genres short storiesfictionlinguisticsspainspanish literatureliterature

504 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1999

Literary awards

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This edition

Format: 504 pages, Paperback
Published: March 1, 2001 by Editorial Anagrama
ISBN: 9788433924780
ASIN: 8433924788
Language: Spanish; Castilian

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.