Marcats pel 92. 25 aniversari de la subseu olímpica de Terrassa

Josep Cadalso Borjas

[SANTI CORTÈS I VILA, seleccionador espanyol masculí d’hoquei] Sí i en diferents direccions. Pep Marí era el primer treball que feia en un esport d’equip i encara avui en dia fem coses junts. Per exemple, sabíem que no teníem un sentit patriòtic tan elevat com l’Argentina, Austràlia o Gran Bretanya. I encara que als Jocs hi ha un alt factor emocional, era un tema del qual calia parlar. Els himnes i les banderes motiven més altres equips.”

The Clothing of Books

Jhumpa Lahiri

“The cover is superficial, negligible, irrelevant with respect to the book. The cover is an essential, vital component of the book. One must accept the fact that both these sentences are true.”

El meu BY THE BOOK

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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Un incendio invisible

Sara Mesa

Cicatriz

Sara Mesa



"Lee y escribe continuamente, incluso cuando camina por la calle."

Les investigacions del cap Pendergast

Victor Nubla

“―T’agraden les patates?

―Només m’agraden les patates.

―Només?

―Hi ha altres coses de menjar que m’agraden, però m’agraden moltes altres coses que no es mengen. Per exemple, el meu gat.”

O último día de Terranova

Manuel Rivas


"E houbo un campesiño que dixo a maior loanza que se pode decir dun escritor: Quen é aquel home que bota lume pola cabeza?"