The Enormity of the Tragedy - Softcover

Monzó, Quim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0720612993 ISBN 13: 9780720612998

Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

At once a dirty joke and a highbrow novel, this tale tells the bizarre story of Ramon Maria, a balding, middle-aged. trumpet player who wakes up one day with a massive neverending erection. Hailed across Europe as a masterpiece of literary parody, it is bound to be one day seen as the biggest rival yet to Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint.

About this title

About the Author:

Quim Monzó is a recipient of the National Award for fiction, the City of Barcelona Award for fiction, the Prudenci Bertrana Award for fiction, the El Temps Award for best novel, the Lletra d'Or Prize for the best book of the year, and the Catalan Writers' Award. He has also been awarded Serra d'Or magazine's prestigious Critics' Award four times. He is a coauthor of the dialogue for Bigas Luna's movie Jamón, Jamón.

Review:

"A gifted writer, he draws well on the rich tradition of Spanish surrealism to put a deliberately paranoic sense of menace in apparently mundane everyday and also to sustain the lyrical, visionary quality of his imagination."  —New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0720612993
• ISBN 13: 9780720612998
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220