RARA-AVIS: Re: Bloom and Shakespeare

From: jacquesdebierue (jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com)
Date: 02 Mar 2009

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    --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Gonzalo Baeza" <gbaeza@...> wrote:
    >
    > I'd never heard of de Pedrolo before. I'll look him up. Any books in
    > particular you recommend?

    I strongly recomend Joc brut (Dirty play) and Totes les bčsties de cŕrrega (All the beasts of burden), but Ihave yet to encounter a Pedrolo novel or short story that is not interesting. The guy was a real powerhouse, be it noir, science-fiction, fantasy or totally realistic fiction.

    There is also a movie being made of his end-of-the-world classic
    _Mecanoscrit del segon origen_ (Typescript of the second origin), the first Catalan book to sell a million copies. Directed by the great Bigas Luna (Jamón, jamón, Bambola, etc.).

    See:

    http://www.terra.com/ocio/articulo/html/oci527979.htm

    And this page of the Pedrolo Foundation has a photo of the author posing as, er, the thin man.

    http://www.fundaciopedrolo.cat/?seccio=ped-Biografia

    Best,

    mrt

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