by Quim Monzó · Quaderns Crema · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788485704712
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«L'illa de Maians» is the short story collection by Quim Monzó, published by Quaderns Crema in paperback (149 pages, in Catalan).
Short stories portraying the loneliness and lack of communication in contemporary life, with ironic humor and a certain surreal drift. Everyday situations slide into the absurd and the fantastic, and the author uses that contrast to unsettle the reader.
Work awarded the Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Contes i Narracions in 1986 and Quim Monzó's third book of stories, in the Mínima de butxaca collection (no. 18).
Catalan edition for readers of contemporary short fiction and of Quim Monzó's ironic and absurd humor.
Joaquim Monzó i Gómez, also known as Quim Monzó, is a contemporary Spanish writer of novels, short stories and discursive prose, mostly in Catalan. In the early 1970s, Monzó reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Northern Ireland and East Africa for the Barcelona newspaper Tele/eXpres. He was one of the members of the Catalan literary collective, Ofèlia Dracs. He lives in Barcelona and publishes regularly in La Vanguardia.
