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Why, why, why? : stories / Quim Monzó ; translated from the Catalan by Peter Bush.

by Monzó, Quim, 1952-

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Open Letter, 2019.

9781948830041 (trade pbk.)

119 p. ; 22 cm.

Originally published in Catalan as "El perque de tot plegat" by Quaderns Crema, 1993.

In English, translated from the Catalan.

Honesty -- Love -- Married life -- Submission -- The menstrual cycle -- Clueless -- Faith -- Pygmalion -- Immolation -- Knowledge -- The decision -- Admiration -- Why do the hands of a clock turn the way the hands of a clock do? -- Jealousy -- Hand on heart -- Instability -- St. Valentine's -- Trojan euphoria -- Half-twelvish -- The urge for self-improvement -- The Hippocratic oath -- Mycology -- The toad -- The sleeping beauty -- The monarchy -- Fauna -- Strength of will -- Physiognomies -- Divine providence -- The story.

"A man tries to teach a stone to speak through sheer force of will. An engaged couple makes a pact to never lie, and their union dissolves immediately. Over the course of a phone call, a man learns that his girlfriend died months ago, and that he's been unknowingly seeing her twin sister. Prince Charming marries Cinderella, but then has an affair with the evil stepsisters. A psychopath's liver explodes after a night of heavy drinking, but instead of killing him, it allows him to be a better drinker. These, and many more strange and twisted characters populate the p. of Why, Why, Why?, a delectable brew of dark humor and biting satire on human relationships."-- Back cover.

Catalan fiction -- Translations into English.

Bush, Peter R., 1946-

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