
El fill del coronel
L'Avenç, 2017 | The Coronel’s Son
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“The latest chapter in this kaleidoscopic, never less than highly personal autobiography.” Joan Garí, Ara
Synopsis
(The Coronel’s Son)
Joan Daniel Bezsonoff brings an end to his highly acclaimed trilogy of youthful memoirs (beginning with Una educació francesa, before taking up the story with Les meues universitats) with this account of his national service in Paris, in a masterclass of nostalgia-tinged wonder combined with ironic detachment.
“I spent my entire youth next to some French barracks, where my father worked as an army doctor. My readers may well have spotted that many of my protagonists have ties to the world of the military. Even though the French army continues to exert a powerful pull on me, I have never worn an officer’s stripes. As my army tests revealed, I have the IQ of your average chimpanzee. I accepted the verdict without a trace of false modesty. In spite of everything I know, of all the books I’ve read, I still retain a true fondness for the French army. I have met more cultured, open-minded folk among the officers I have known than I have among the Jacobin teachers I have come across. The French officers possessed great humanity, as well as the resigned sense of humour of the downtrodden. They had forgotten to strike words such as honour, courage and sacrifice from their personal dictionaries. They still looked trustingly towards the heavens, though they suspected that God was no longer a French speaker.”
- L’amor, la guerra i altres ocupacions
- Las siete vidas de un gato ruso
- La ballarina de Berlín
- Guia sentimental de Perpinyà
- Matar De Gaulle
- Les meues universitats
- La melancolia dels oficials
- Un país de butxaca
- Una educació francesa
- Els taxistes del Tsar
- Les amnèsies de Déu
- La guerra dels cornuts
- La presonera d’Alger
MB Authors
- 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
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Luci 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