by Màrius Serra · Editorial Empúries · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475967639
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«Verbàlia» is Màrius Serra's essay on wordplay and literary wit, published by Editorial Empúries in paperback (552 pages, in Catalan).
The author proposes a journey through the land of Verbalia, a territory populated by word games and devices of literary wit. Calembours, palindromes, lipograms and other figures appear, with texts by poets, artists, mystics and novelists in five languages. Verbal play proves universal, though each piece is untranslatable.
It is part of the Biblioteca Universal Empúries collection (volume 150) and was recognised in 2001 with the Lletra d'Or, Octavi Pellissa and Crítica Serra d'Or de Estudios Literarios awards.
For readers interested in wordplay, philology and experimental literature.
Màrius Serra i Roig is a Spanish writer, journalist, translator and television maker.
