
L’home de la maleta
Proa, 2011
Awards
-Sant Jordi Novel Award 2010
Press
«A biting allegory of the modern-day artist in a post-modern world. A story that slips along nimbly, gracefully and mischievously, without once becoming dull or tired.» Sam Abrams, El Mundo
«A funny satire of our modern habits.» J. Guillamon, La Vanguardia
«A new exercise in linguistic virtuosity. It will be one of the books of this literary season.» P. A. Pons, Time Out
Synopsis
(The Man With The Suitcase) One fine day, a retired old musician decides to pack his suitcase and live for a month in each of his three daughters’ houses. The man is a survivor, an individualist who has always looked out for number one, but who needs the affection of his family. He is disconcerted by the life his daughters lead and the new family models they adhere to. The world is an ever changing place and the man with the suitcase can scarcely take in the changes. An old dog who has seen it all, he now looks scornfully and dispassionately at everything around him, and gives an enjoyable and honest account of his milieu. But the man with the suitcase is still hurting from a childhood wound. When he attempts to heal it by examining his past, an unforeseen situation will change his life forever.
-8 reprints
(Spain: Proa - Catalan, 2011 / Pocket, Labutxaca, 2012)
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
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Malén DENÍS
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Jordi ESTEVA
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Eneko FERNÁNDEZ
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Miguel GALLARDO
- Olivia GALLO
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- Albert GASSULL
- David B. GIL
- Santi GIMÉNEZ
- 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
- 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
- Marta REBÓN
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Carmen ROMERO
- 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