by Carles Capdevila · Edicions La Campana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495616166
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«Jo vull ser famós» is the humor and satire novel by Carles Capdevila, published by Edicions La Campana in paperback (200 pages, in Catalan).
A satirical portrait of fame and the contemporary media circus. Carles Capdevila examines with irony celebrities, new-famous people, fans, anti-fans and anonymous citizens faced with the obsession for quick success, and describes television as a factory of emotions where hasty triumphs and envies are forged.
Volume 28 of the Humor i sàtira collection. First edition published in Barcelona on March 1, 2002.
For readers of satire and humor with a critical view of fame and the media, who want to enjoy the work in its original language.
Carles Capdevila i Plandiura was a Catalan journalist and writer, director of the newspaper Ara for its first five years and from 28 November 2015 onwards founding director. He presented and directed the programmes Eduqueu les criatures in Catalunya Ràdio and Qui els va parir in TV3. He was deputy director of the program Malalts de tele. He directed the section Alguna pregunta més?, within El matí de Catalunya Ràdio. He received the humor and satire award 'Premi Pere Quart d'humor i sàtira' in 1999 for the book Criatura i companyia and in 2016 the National Prize for Communication. He died from colorectal cancer on 1 June 2017.
