by Hugo Claus · Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433911797
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«El Pez Espada» is the novel by Hugo Claus, published by Anagrama in paperback (132 pages, in Spanish).
The novel ironically portrays the provincial life of affluent, stern Flanders through Maarten, a boy who filters reality through film and television clichés and imagines himself as Clint Eastwood, a vengeful swordfish, or Jesus Christ on the way to Golgotha. Around him, an abandoned mother, an insufferable grandmother, a lovestruck poet, a devout woman, and an alcoholic veterinarian form a carousel of frustrated lives.
Translation by Malou Van Wijk; original Dutch title: «De zwaardvis», originally published in 1989. Panorama de narrativas collection.
Will appeal to readers of contemporary European fiction and Belgian literature, and to those who enjoy sharp portraits of provincial life.
Hugo Maurice Julien Claus was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, novels, and poetry; he also left a legacy as a painter and film director. He wrote primarily in Dutch, although he also wrote some poetry in English. He won the 2000 International Nonino Prize in Italy.
