Joan Barril gives us a new dose of magnificent short stories. Ordinary stories about ordinary people written with inventiveness, humour and great irony.
Eccentricity, timidness, sobriety, neurosis, jealousy and up to 201 attributes are skilfully transformed into protagonists of 201 memorable stories. Be it for reading aloud, or to enjoy in private, this is a book with which to laugh a little at the human condition and to see the world from another perspective. An authentic literary gift from one of life’s great masters.
Joan Barril gives us a new dose of magnificent short stories. Ordinary stories about ordinary people written with inventiveness, humour and great irony.
Eccentricity, timidness, sobriety, neurosis, jealousy and up to 201 attributes are skilfully transformed into protagonists of 201 memorable stories. Be it for reading aloud, or to enjoy in private, this is a book with which to laugh a little at the human condition and to see the world from another perspective. An authentic literary gift from one of life’s great masters.
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True Lies | Columna, 2002
Almost a Couple | Planeta, 2001
Compulsory Stop | Planeta, 1998 (catalán / castellano)
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