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Ante el telón de fondo de un Nueva York difuminado y abstracto, «Gasolina» empieza con una sucesión de ráfagas de la vida de Heribert, un pintor en... read full description

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Oct 29, 2011
Buensur rated it: 1 of 5 stars
Anagrama recuperó en 2009 para su colección de Compactos la novela de Monzó publicada por primera vez en 1987. El libro se divide en dos partes, en la primera, Heribert es un pintor que raya la consagración y comienza a perder pie en su vida: su oficio se desdibuja, su devenir cotidiano también. Humbert (todos los nombres comienzan por hache excepto aquellos que no caen directamente en el radio de la mascarada) es un aspirante que se confirma y que reitera el proceso de Heribert (vital y artísti More...
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Jan 30, 2012
Jorge rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Nunca había leido a Monzó, y en verdad comencé con las expectativas que me daba el título más que nada, sin embargo disfrute todo el libro, creo que maneja un ambiente muy agradable a la vista, eventos que nunca tienen consecuencias graves, en donde la gente más bien hace lo que se le place sin preguntar o si quiera pensar en su pareja, todo claro justificado con el afán de vivir y conseguir la inspiración que lleva a un artista de la noche a la mañana a colocar sus cuadros en los principales mu More...
Oct 15, 2010
Paul rated it: 1 of 5 stars
In this novel, as one artist suffers the inability to create, and general malaise regarding life itself, another artist rises to fill the gap. Neither of them are persons worth knowing. In the end, it appears that infatuation with a certain woman causes both of their artistic capacities to suffer. The novel, on the whole, regards women with no respect. Its argument seems to be that each woman is Shiva; or else that men, particularly artistic men, are pigs. Monzó advances his argument with interm More...
Jun 05, 2010
Ferris rated it: 5 of 5 stars
What is gasoline? It is a fuel, a fuel which adds flame to a fire. Quim Monz privides the reader with a glimpse into the psyche of an artist and the "gasoline" which fuels the creative impulse. What could have been a dull novel of existential angst is made engrossing by the excellent writing, and I have to assume, an excellent translation. Where does the artist end and his world begin? What is the fuel which enflames the art world? In this case, paintings which are not even compl More...
Jul 19, 2010
bretagne rated it: 4 of 5 stars
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Feb 04, 2012
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Jan 12, 2012
Toni rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Jan 06, 2012
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Oct 11, 2011
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Sep 24, 2011
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Oct 05, 2011
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Sep 17, 2011
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Oct 05, 2011
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