
Hijos sin hijos
Anagrama, 1993; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2012
Translations
(France, Bourgois, 1999 / Pocket, Titres, 2006); (Portugal, Assirio & Alvim, 2003)
Press
«A complete masterpiece. A masterpiece that makes him an irreplaceable author.» Ignacio Echevarría, El País
«Excellent overcoming of dogmas in literature.» J.A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia
«An ambitious book like few others in recent years.» Mercedes Monmany, Diario 16
Synopsis
(Children without Children) In this original and heterodox Brief History of Spain of the last 41 years – the age of Kafka when he died in Kierling – the main characters of the different national episodes are all children without children, people who do not want any descendents, beings whose very nature removes them from society and who, contrary to what one might think, do not need any help, for if they truly want to remain alone they can only feed off themselves; people who have invented a kind of distant indifference that allows them not to be tied to reality but by an invisible thread like that of the spider, and where everything seems to fit in with what Kafka wrote in his Diary in August 1914: “Today Germany has declared war on Russia. In the afternoon I went swimming” In other words, everyone places historical and personal planes on the same level. For that reason, Hijos sin hijos is not only an audacious and surprising run through our latest and recent history, but it is also an anthology of ambulant ghosts, Czech shadows, poor people and other swimming stars.
- Cabinet d’amateur, an oblique novel
- Esta bruma insensata
- Impón tu suerte
- Doctor Pasavento + Bastian Schneider
- Mac y su contratiempo
- Marienbad eléctrico
- Bartleby y compañía
- Dietario Voluble
- Suicidios ejemplares
- Historia abreviada de la literatura portátil
- Kassel no invita a la lógica
- París no se acaba nunca
- Niña
- Fuera de aquí
- Extraña forma de vida
- El mal de Montano
- Aire de Dylan
- Una vida absolutamente maravillosa. Ensayos selectos
- El viajero más lento. El arte de no terminar nada
- Chet Baker piensa en su arte. Relatos selectos
- En un lugar solitario. Narrativa 1973-1984
- Lejos de Veracruz
- Dublinesca
- Perder teorías
- Ella era Hemingway / No soy Auster
- El viento ligero en Parma
- Exploradores del abismo
- Desde la ciudad nerviosa
- El viaje vertical
- Para acabar con los números redondos
- Recuerdos inventados
- Una casa para siempre
- Impostura
- La asesina ilustrada
MB Authors Fiction
- Pepa AGUAR
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- María BASTARÓS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Maria ESCALAS
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Eneko FERNÁNDEZ
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Olivia GALLO
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- David B. GIL
- Santi GIMÉNEZ
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Ismael GRASA
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Gemma RUIZ
- Màrius SERRA
- Ramon SOLSONA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI