by Sergi Pàmies · Quaderns Crema · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477270607
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«La primera pedra» is the contemporary fiction novel by Sergi Pàmies, published by Quaderns Crema in paperback (144 pages, in Catalan).
A plumber who plays soccer and is the lover of a married woman accepts his role as a substitute in sport, work, family and love. With a lucid gaze, he observes how fidelity, enthusiasm and the servitudes of the profession condition his life; Pàmies's tight prose turns clichés into a starting point.
Published in 1990, this first edition belongs to the Biblioteca Mínima collection (no. 24); the novel received the Premi Ícaro and has been translated into French and Spanish.
For readers of contemporary fiction and Catalan narrative, especially those who enjoy ordinary characters and Pàmies's observant gaze.
Sergi Pàmies is a Spanish writer, translator, journalist and television and radio presenter. He is the son of the writer Teresa Pàmies and the former general secretary of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, Gregorio López Raimundo. In his works he employs humor and parody mixing them with themes of failure and desperation. He translated works by Guillaume Apollinaire, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Agota Kristof, Daniel Pennac and Amélie Nothomb. He received several awards for his literary works.
