
El que apaga la luz
Pre-Textos, 1994 | He who turns out the ligh
Press
«An excellent storyteller.» Luis Antonio de Villena, El Mundo
«A cult book, a mega-talent» José Ribas, Ajoblanco
«A revelation.» Miguel García-Posada, El País
Synopsis
(He who turns out the light) This title, taken from a phrase by Somerset Maugham, is that of a book filled with incurable illnesses, obsessions that come out in the worst of nightmares (insomnia), and which only find relief in suicide. Characters tormented by the kinds of guilt from which they cannot repent, that attempt to find answers to argue their guilt but only find angst and uncertainties. A man who listens each night to the groaning of the Tower of Pisa, a guy who feels that every instant of his life has happened before, the triple denial of the first Pope, a boy who wants to be an orphan when he grows up. The loneliness of a fat woman, or the insomnia of a terrorist, among other perversions transforms He who turns out the light into a highly optimistic book: it tells the readers that they are lucky not to be one of the protagonists. Because, although they fool us, few things console us as greatly, or help us to tolerate and diminish our misfortunes as the misfortunes that punish others.
- Nadie contra nadie
- Totalidad sexual del cosmos
- La novela del buscador de libros
- Una manada de ñús
- Prohibido entrar sin pantalones
- El tiempo es un sueño pop. Vida y obra de Terenci Moix
- Tanta gente sola
- La Costa del Sol en la hora pop
- Basado en hechos reales
- Je me souviens
- El estadio de mármol
- Los príncipes nubios
- La compañía de los solitarios
- La noche del Skylab
- Cansados de estar muertos
- Yo soy, yo eres, yo es
- Nadie conoce a nadie
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
- 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