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The Enormity of the Tragedy (1989)

by Quim Monzó

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At once a dirty joke and a highbrow novel, this tale tells the bizarre story of Ramon Maria, a balding, middle-aged. trumpet player who wakes up one day with a massive neverending erection. Hailed across Europe as a masterpiece of literary parody, it is bound to be one day seen as the biggest rival yet to Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint.… (more)
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Un trompetista consigue el sueño que ha acariciado durante semanas: salir con la vedette del teatro donde trabaja. Durante la cena bebe demasiado, y se da cuenta de que está tan borracho que, si realmente consigue llevarse la vedette a la cama, lo más probable es que pegue gatillazo. Pero, a la mañana siguiente de cumplirse el temido fiasco, al trompetista le sobreviene una erección permanente, que no cesará en toda la novela. Esto es La magnitud de la tragedia, una novela sobre el amor, el odio, la soledad, el paso del tiempo y la inevitabilidad de la muerte. Las ambiciones y las enfermedades desmesuradamente expresionistas de los personajes son una caricatura grotesca y deshumanizada de los deseos,las pasiones y las contradicciones cotidianas.
  libreriarofer | Aug 5, 2023 |
Molt divertit! ( )
  roser.marfany | Mar 14, 2008 |
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At once a dirty joke and a highbrow novel, this tale tells the bizarre story of Ramon Maria, a balding, middle-aged. trumpet player who wakes up one day with a massive neverending erection. Hailed across Europe as a masterpiece of literary parody, it is bound to be one day seen as the biggest rival yet to Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint.

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