by Marie Darrieussecq · Editorial Empúries · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475965239
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«Marranades» is the contemporary fiction novel by Marie Darrieussecq, published by Editorial Empúries in Catalan, in paperback (127 pages).
It narrates the unusual metamorphosis of a perfume shop assistant and turns it into a candid and violent fable, a futuristic allegory of urban life in any major European city. With a cruel satire of consumerism, the portrayal of corrupt politicians, neo-Nazis and trash-TV presenters, the novel combines perverse eroticism and false naivety with a poetic and corrosive language, in settings evoking Paris.
It is the Catalan translation of «Truismes», the author's first novel, by Jordi Puntí. It is part of the Anagrama/Empúries collection and was published on April 9, 1997 in Barcelona. The work was a candidate for the James Tiptree Jr. Award in 1998.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction seeking a social satire with fantastical elements and explicit eroticism.
Marie Darrieussecq is a French writer. She is also a translator, and has practised as a psychoanalyst.
