by Arnon Grunberg · Grijalbo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439702177
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«Lunes azules» is the novel by Dutch writer Arnon Grunberg, published by Grijalbo in paperback (286 pages, in Spanish).
A young Jewish man expelled from school and several jobs wanders the canals of Amsterdam. In conflict with his family and religion, he seeks refuge in sex and marijuana and thinks about how to move from adolescence to maturity without becoming someone grey, while the narrative fills with bizarre settings and eccentric characters.
Work published in 1994 under the original title «Blauwe maandagen»; the Spanish-language edition appeared in 1998.
For readers of contemporary European fiction interested in coming-of-age stories.
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'.
