by Quim Monzó · Quaderns Crema · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788485704064
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«Olivetti, Moulinex, Chaffoteaux et Maury» is the short story collection by Quim Monzó, published by Quaderns Crema in paperback (153 pages, in Catalan).
Stories with everyday situations that veer into the absurd and the macabre: a motiveless criminal, a circus artist turned office worker, a consistent vegetarian. Monzó combines humour, formal precision and unbridled imagination to portray the strangeness and lack of communication in modern life.
The volume was published in 1980, was the author's second story collection after «Uf, va dir ell» and received the Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Contes i Narracions in 1981.
Will appeal to readers of short fiction in Catalan and to those who appreciate the ironic story, black humour and unexpected twists.
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.
