Contagi

by Màrius Serra

Published October 1, 1992

About the author

Màrius Serra i Roig, born in Barcelona, Spain, on May 1, 1963, is a prize-winning Catalan writer, journalist, translator and television host.
Serra completed his studies in English philology, and in addition to his writing career, is an English teacher.
In 2006 he won the most prestigious literary award in Catalonia, the Ramon Llull Prize, for his novel Farsa (Farce).
Though he had already published some works, he first became well-known with the publication of the novel "Mon oncle" (My uncle).
He was also the host of a television show about books, Alexandria on Channel 33 in Catalonia.
As well, Serra is a frequent contributor to the Barcelona daily newspaper Avui. Besides, he has a section in the program of Radio Nacional de España, "No es un día cualquiera", about crosswords; and another section called "Enigmarius" in Catalunya Radio.

Reviews

[Edgar Cotes Argelich · Rating 2 out of 5]

A la contraportada, es presenta com un llibre de contes sobre un contagi, un virus que s'escampa, però quan comences a llegir t'adones que no hi té res a veure. Això però no m'ha importat. El llibre està molt ben escrit, s'ha de reconèixer, però per mi el contingut dels contes és insubstancial: no hi passa res pràcticament en molts d'ells, simplement semblen escenes que formen part d'un tot que no existeix.