My thoughts on... Invasió subtil i altres contes by Pere Calders

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(5/5)

Today's review is going to be written in two languages, English, as usual, and Catalan, my mothertonghe. I thought that since I was reading an author from my country I had to write some of this post in my own language too. I think it is important not to forget all the good authors that belong to your country's national literature and national identity who left behind great fine works just for us to enjoy them even after they died. 

On this link you will find one of his short stories: "Subtle Invasion" translated into English.

Ressenya en català:

Aquest cop he escollit un recull de contes de l'entranyable Pere Calders. He de dir que és el primer cop que llegeixo un llibre sencer seu però ja havia llegit abans alguns dels seus contes. El vaig escollir perquè sabia que aquesta setmana havia de volar a Londres per fer un parell de coses i vaig pensar que seria millor llegir un llibre lleuger i amb contes curts que pogués començar i acabar i, així, no haver-me de submergir en una història complexa. Com ja era d'esperar, no m'ha decebut, endinsant-me en el realisme màgic i el seu humor absurd que m'ha fet riure i m'ha fet ballar el cap pensant en com de surrealistes són els seus contes que no fan més que reflectir com en pot ser de vegades d'absurda i de surrealista la vida real. Aquest llibre va ser publicat per primer cop el 1978 i l'edició que jo tinc és del meu pare i és de l'any 1996 (jo tenia dos anys 👶).

My review in English: 

I choose this book because I knew I had to fly to London for a couple of days to fix some things in my flat and quickly fly back to Spain so I thought the best book to read would be one with short stories. It was the first time I was reading a work from this Catalan author and I enjoyed it a lot. The only connection between the short stories is the fact that they are all written in the same style which is magic realism and surreal humor. All in all, I really enjoyed the book, it made me laugh and got me thinking about how surreal some of his stories were which lead me to think how surreal life can be sometimes too. This book was first published in 1978 and my edition belongs to my dad and it is from 1996 (I was only two years old👶)