
Les amnèsies de Déu
Empúries, 2006 | God’s Amnesias
Press
«His Catalan is unlike that of any other writer. He has the subtlety of Josep Sebastià Pons and the charm of a Catalan that is popular, direct and scatological.» Julià Guillamon, La Vanguardia
«His French-flavored prose is effective...brilliant (...) The dialogues are enlightening, the details illuminate the text.» Jordi Puntí, El País
«An interesting, entertaining novel which oozes with notable and very curious expressivity.» Antoni Puigverd, El País
Synopsis
(God’s Amnesias) Father Puig is a priest who loves women, but the outbreak of the Second World War will change dramatically his relationship with his lover, the delicate Alexandrine Bouisse. The story of his secret love, spattered with guilt, unravels within the context of one of the most shameful episodes in the history of France: the collaborationist Vichy regime and the pusillanimous complicity of Marshall Pétain in the deportation of the Jews to Nazi concentration camps. With all the irony and sarcasm of this Rossellonese author, and using a rich language full of shades of meaning, Bezsonoff offers us a novel which expertly combines bellicose impulse with philological passion, both diluted with four drops of cynicism and melancholy. With God’s Amnesias, Joan-Daniel Bezsonoff definitively confirms himself as one of the best revelations in Catalan literature in recent years.
MB Authors
- 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
- Rubén SERRANO
- Aránzazu SERRANO LORENZO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- José Miguel TOMASENA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI