
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 Fiction
- Pepa AGUAR
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Flavita BANANA
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- María BASTARÓS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- BLACKIE BOOKS
- Joana BONET
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Bibiana CANDIA
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Malén DENÍS
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Maria ESCALAS
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Eneko FERNÁNDEZ
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Miguel GALLARDO
- Olivia GALLO
- Xenia GARCÍA
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- David B. GIL
- Santi GIMÉNEZ
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Enric GONZÁLEZ
- Ismael GRASA
- Luci GUTIÉRREZ
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Shaina Joy MACHLUS
- Adrià MARQUÈS
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Ramon MAS
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Amarna MILLER
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Anna PACHECO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Carmen ROMERO
- Xavier RUBERT DE VENTÓS
- Gemma RUIZ
- Juanjo SÁEZ
- Gabriel SALVADÓ
- Màrius SERRA
- Rubén SERRANO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- José Miguel TOMASENA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI