by Arnon Grunberg · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483102633
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«Cómo me quedé calvo» is the novel by Arnon Grunberg, published by Tusquets Editores S.A. in paperback (304 pages, in Spanish).
Marek, an eighteen-year-old Viennese student of philosophy, longs for a total and ideal love. His determination clashes with a traumatic discovery about his body and a family full of eccentric characters. When he starts going bald and his mother dies under strange circumstances, his quest becomes full of unexpected events.
The novel belongs to the Andanzas collection. The work was originally published under the title 'De geschiedenis van mijn kaalheid' (2000).
For readers of contemporary fiction who value European narrative with provocative humor and irony.
Arnon Yasha Yves Grünberg is a Dutch writer of novels, essays, and columns, as well as a journalist. He published some of his work under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt. He lives in New York. His work has been translated into 30 languages. In 2022 he received the PC Hooftprijs, a Dutch literary lifetime achievement award. His most acclaimed and successful novels are Blue Mondays and Tirza. The New York Times called the latter 'grimly comic and unflinching (…) while not always enjoyable, it is never less than enthralling'. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung described him as 'the Dutch Philip Roth'.
