by Vicenç Pagès Jordà · S.G.E.L. S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493763466
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«Los jugadores de whist» is the novel by Vicenç Pagès Jordà, published by S.G.E.L. S.A. in paperback (552 pages, in Spanish).
Jordi Recasens, a man who lives in the garage of a terraced house, watches his daughter about to get married while his wife behaves like a teenager. With a hyperrealist and tragicomic tone, the novel traces the passage from youthful illusions to adult immaturity and holds numerous unexpected twists.
The Catalan original, «Els jugadors de whist» (2009), won the Premi Joan Crexells for narrative. The Spanish edition of «Los jugadores de whist», with a prologue by Eloy Fernández Porta, dates from 2010.
The novel is for readers of contemporary fiction who appreciate tragicomic portraits of family life and the contradictions of adulthood.
