Carles Miró on Baltasar Porcel
Baltasar Porcel is a Mallorcan writer who is said to believe that his Nobel is grossly overdue. I find his columns and novels unbearably egoistic and confused, and the excellent Carles Miró in a brief review of Porcel’s career and latest novel suggests that I am not alone.
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- February 9 1848
En el año del Señor 1839 un cirujano de la villa de Sancti Spiritus en la provincia de Badajoz hizo saber á la Diputacion provincial de Sevilla, que habia encontrado un remedio seguro para curar el dolor de muellas, remedio que consistia en apretar entre los dientes el mástil de una guitarra ...
Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)
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November 12th 2008 16:47
Thanks.
Of course you are not alone! Nobody reads Porcel’s columns, but “El cor del senglar” is great.