by Karel Čapek · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474561098
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«Contes d'una butxaca» is a collection of short stories by Karel Čapek, published by Ediciones del Mall in paperback (198 pages, in Catalan).
Twenty-four tales with a detective veneer parody the genre's clichés: grotesque murder attempts, criminalist graphologists, document thefts, missing actors and a hilarious experiment by Professor Rouss. Karel Čapek combines black humour and satire against human stupidity, institutions and established power.
Originally published in 1929 as Povídky z jedné kapsy, this 1982 Catalan edition translates the Czech original into Catalan.
Recommended for readers interested in classic Czech fiction and the short story.
Karel Čapek was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts (1936) and play R.U.R., which introduced the word robot. He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time. Influenced by American pragmatic liberalism, he campaigned in favor of free expression and strongly opposed the rise of both fascism and communism in Europe.
