
Animals tristos
Empúries, 2002 / Salamandra, 2003
Translations
(Spain: Catalan, Empúries / Pocket, LaButxaca / Spanish, Salamandra)
Press
«Jordi Puntí has the exceptional talent to describe the ups and downs of life as a couple (…) and knows how to portray the most ordinary situations with a couple of subtle strokes.» Pierre-Robert Leclercq, Le Monde
«(…) prominent style, ironic, a little bit cynical and with great mastery of narrative skills.» Dante Liano, Diario Italiano
«Jordi Puntí has written a melancholy and masterly book of stories, Sad Animals. Recommending it is a great pleasure.» Enrique Vila-Matas, El País
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(Bulgaria, Ciela Soft); (Croatia, Naklada Mlinarec & Plavic); (France, Éditions du Rocher); (Germany, Kiepenheuer & Witsch); (Italy, ISBN Edizioni); ); (Portugal, Teorema
Synopsis
(Sad Animals) Animals tristos presents an extraordinary mosaic of characters that are victims of love’s fragile equilibrium. The interwoven stories that comprise this human comedy reveal with precision the everyday traumas hidden within relationships. Hope and resentment, terrible memories and measures against loneliness, latent failures and existences as dull as a Sunday afternoon come to life in this tableau of contemporary Barcelona. With precise and versatile prose, he dresses his characters in irony and tenderness and then strips them bare with his sharp powers of observation. Beneath his gaze, they converge in a bottomless flood of sadness after making love. Just as the ancient Romans diagnosed it: Post coitum, animal triste.
Film rights sold to: (Spain, Films de la Rambla / Director: Ventura Pons); (France, TS Productions / Director: Eric Guirado)
MB Authors
- Marta REBÓN
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Flavita BANANA
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Max BESORA
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- BLACKIE BOOKS
- Joana BONET
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Malén DENÍS
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Jordi ESTEVA
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Miguel GALLARDO
- Olivia GALLO
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- Albert GASSULL
- David B. GIL
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Enric GONZÁLEZ
- Ismael GRASA
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Luci GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Mercedes HALFON
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Shaina Joy MACHLUS
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Anna PACHECO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Marta REBÓN
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Xavier RUBERT DE VENTÓS
- Gemma RUIZ
- Juanjo SÁEZ
- Gabriel SALVADÓ
- Màrius SERRA
- Rubén SERRANO
- Aránzazu SERRANO LORENZO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- José Miguel TOMASENA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI