by Pere Calders · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429735598
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«L'honor a la deriva» is the short story collection by Catalan writer Pere Calders, published in 1992 by Edicions 62 in paperback, with 96 pages in Catalan.
Volume bringing together twenty-five short stories and brief tales by Pere Calders, written with the gaze of magical realism: the extraordinary appears in recognizable situations and the characters, moved by good faith and innocence, face small vicissitudes narrated with lexical precision and an expressive minimalism that hints at the relationship between human beings and nature.
The book belongs to the El Balancí collection (number 248) and corresponds to the first edition, published in Barcelona.
Readers of short fiction in Catalan who appreciate magical realism and the fictions of Pere Calders.
Pere Calders i Rossinyol was a writer, journalist and illustrator from Catalonia, known mainly for his work as a short story writer. Over his life, he received several awards, including the Creu de Sant Jordi in 1982 and the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes in 1986. Besides short stories, Calders wrote several novels and journalistic articles for some of the most important publications in Catalonia. His writings were noted for their irony and occasional fantasy. As an illustrator, he reached the position of director of L'Esquella de la Torratxa, together with his friend Tísner.
