
Brindis
Xordica, 2008 | Toast
Synopsis
(Toast) A novel of experiences, those through which its protagonist passes. Juan: since the time he was in a small city, until a moment in his adult life. But, more than the path to maturity, the novel speaks of the erratic apprenticeship of feelings and of freedom. Juan leaves his hometown and his studies and begins a journey as advised by a series of peculiar people: The young son of a soldier who makes him hold a gun in his hand to feel what he believes to be the authentic weight of the world; the employee from Shanghai, who enjoys watching pornographic films in the company of others; the anorexic Amy, with whom he neither manages to go to bed nor sit down to eat: or the owner of a Madrid bar who calls Juan “Novels”, with the intention of offending him and carrying him to what he considers more realistic territories. The episodical and travelling structure of Toast is reminiscent of a picaresque novel, but it deals with the picaresque devoid of devices or malice. There may be sadness in some of these episodes, yet the author doesn’t leave room for discouragement, and offers us a firsthand and revealing glance at the world.
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