by Quim Monzó · Quaderns Crema · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477272519
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«Vuitanta-sis contes» is the short story collection by Quim Monzó, published by Quaderns Crema in paperback (640 pages, in Catalan).
In this volume, Quim Monzó gathers and revises all the stories he had published up to that point, applying his usual exactingness and rigor. European critics have compared Quim Monzó to Kafka, Borges and Rabelais; these eighty-six stories show concision, irony, black humor and a lucid, disillusioned gaze.
«Vuitanta-sis contes» is number 68 in the Biblioteca Mínima collection. The work received the Premi Lletra d'Or and the Premi Nacional de Literatura in 2000.
Aimed at readers of contemporary fiction and short stories, especially those who want to approach Quim Monzó's short narrative in Catalan.
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.
