by Quim Monzó · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433972811
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«Ochenta y seis cuentos» is the collection of short stories by Quim Monzó, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (504 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together the eighty-six short stories Quim Monzó had published up to that point, some previously unpublished in Spanish, revised by the author himself. European critics have linked his narrative to Kafka, Borges and Rabelais; these stories are marked by concision, irony, black humour and a lucid gaze on human fragility, often through absurd or surprising situations.
The Spanish translation is by Javier Cercas. The book belongs to Anagrama's Compactos collection, where it is volume 427.
Recommended for readers of short stories and contemporary short fiction, as well as for those who want to discover the ironic and demanding style of one of the most recognised Catalan authors.
Joaquim Monzó i Gómez, also known as Quim Monzó, is a contemporary Spanish writer of novels, short stories and discursive prose, mostly in Catalan. In the early 1970s, Monzó reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Northern Ireland and East Africa for the Barcelona newspaper Tele/eXpres. He was one of the members of the Catalan literary collective, Ofèlia Dracs. He lives in Barcelona and publishes regularly in La Vanguardia.
