What
books are on your night stand now?
Víctor
Català’s Un
film (3000 metres),
Xavier
Ayén’s Aquellos
años del boom,
Sara Mesa’s Un
incendio invisible,
and John Grisham’s
The
firm
(Grisham is my teacher of English).
What’s
the last great book you read?
Sara
Mesa’s Cicatriz.
What’s
your all-time favorite book?
Gonzalo
Torrente Ballester’s La
saga/fuga de JB.
I also loved Rudyard Kipling’s Kim.
What’s
the best classic novel you recently read for the first time?
Vargas
Llosa’s Los
cachorros (Los
cachorros
is a classic?).
What’s
your favorite book no one else has heard of?
Gonzalo
Torrente Ballester’s La
saga/fuga de JB.
Wich
writers – novelist, playwrights, critics, journalists, poets –
working today do you admire most?
I most
admire Vila-Matas, Sara Mesa. And of course, Quim Monzó.
What’s
the last book that made you laugh?
Victor
Nubla’s Les
investigacions del cap Pendergast.
The
last book that made you furious?
Carles
Porta’s Li
deien pare.
Which
genres do you especially enjoy reading And which do you avoid?
I most
like novels and short stories, and most dislike how-to’s.
How
do you like to read? Paper or electronic? One book at a time or
simultaneously? Morning or night?
I
like reading a real book, hardcover or paperback. Multiple books at
once.
I read primarily at night. Every evening I read until I fall asleep,
at around midnight or 1 a.m.
How
do you organize your books?
One beside
the other!
What’s
de best book you’ve ever received as a gift?
Rudyard
Kipling’s Kim
What
kind of reader were you as a child? Wich childhood books and authors
stick with you most?
My
very favorite book was The
Prince and the Pauper,
by Mark Twain. I loved L’home
dels gats,
byJosep Vallverdú. I was an avid reader of The
Adventures of Asterix,
by Goscinny (written by) and Uderzo (illustrated by) and Le
petit Nicolas,
by Goscinny (created by) and Sempé (illustrated by).
You’re
organizing a literary dinner party. Wich three writers, dead or
alive, do you invite?
Gonzalo
Torrente Ballester, Rudyard Kipling and Shakespeare (or whoever wrote
Shakespeare’s plays). Moderator, Quim Monzó.
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