
Farsa
Planeta, 2006
Translations
(Italia, Neri Pozza); (Rumania, RAO)
Awards
-Ramon Llull Prize
Press
«A novel both literary and commercial.» David Castillo
«The best quality humour with lucid reflections» Ángel Basanta, El Mundo
«This novel’s great virtue is its entertainment value (…) a satire with an extraordinary display of humor (…) brilliant and intelligent metaphors.» Carles Pujol, member of the jury
«A text that reads incredibly quickly, with short, resounding sentences (…) humor that is at once both brutal and refined.» Ponç Puigdevall, El País
«Apparently gentle but deep down, merciless (…) one of the most daring novels in Catalan literature of recent years (…) a popular book that reads at lightning speed, fun, dynamic and effective (…) a devastating satire of posturing.» Jordi Galves, La Vanguardia
«Suggestive, funny, apparently light but rich in its linguistic and conceptual subtleties.» Glauco Felici, Tuttolibri, La Stampa
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(Italy, Neri Pozza); (Romania, RAO)
Synopsis
(Farce) In 1856 Robert-Houdin, the father of modern magic, travels to Algeria sent by the French government to convince the Algerians of the superiority of enlightened reason. In Barcelona, 2004, a magician that is fascinated by Houdin presents a trick with a closet that had belonged to the Frenchman. A Maghrebi immigrant enters it and comes out converted into a proper Barcelonan: he speaks without an accent, he can sing the national anthem, and he’s a card-carrying member of the Barcelona Football Club. Then he disappears. The show is a huge success, but the continuing disappearances of immigrants start to cause alarm within society. The key to the mystery lies in the Barcelona Casino. Màrius Serra reveals the farce within some of our public behaviors and leads us to an unexpected outcome in this brilliant parody of contemporary society.
(Spain, Planeta – Catalan & Spanish)
- Les aventures de la Napeu. El Perepunyetes i la Tiquismiquis
- Fora de joc a Montserrat
- Les aventures de la Napeu. Més vella que l´anar a peu.
- Les aventures de la Napeu. Tot OK
- Tirant lo Blanc (versió completa en català actual per Màrius Serra)
- Jugarse la vida
- La novel·la de Sant Jordi
- D’on trec el temps
- Res no és perfecte a Hawaii
- Plans de futur
- L'Arca de Babel
- L’home del sac
- Verbàlia 2.0
- Dicciomàrius
- Quiet
- Enviar i rebre
- De com s’escriu una novel·la
- Tres és massa
- Verbalia. Juegos de palabras y esfuerzos del ingenio literario
- AblanatanalbA
- La vida normal
- Mon oncle
- Manual d'enigmística
- Els enigmes de la Verbi i el Mod
- La llegenda de Sant Jordi
- La veritable història de Harald Bluetooth
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