by Sergi Pàmies · tapa dura · ISBN 9788482410159
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«L'instint» is the novel by Sergi Pàmies, published by Grans Exits in hardcover (167 pages, in Catalan).
A small village loses its electricity and, from that event, the narrative strings together stories of various characters trapped by adversity. It is a portrait of the greatness and miseries of an imaginary community where people, river, animals, plants and objects share the spotlight, in a simple tale that leads to the denouement.
Novel winner of the Prudenci Bertrana Prize (1993). This edition belongs to the Biblioteca Grans Premis collection, number 16.
For readers of contemporary Catalan fiction who enjoy ensemble stories set in a village.
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.
