Literatura: Vicente Molina Foix

Vicente Molina Foix started his creative life amongst the cauldron of creativity that was "La Movida Madrileña" (in English).  You can read more about him here (in Spanish) (copy the text and paste it into Google Translate here to get an English translation).  Whilst you can find his blog here.

He's a prolific creator - and has just published a new collection of short stories.

We're going to read a short text about him and his new collection.  First, the comprehension questions.  As always, try and predict the possible answers before you read the text.

1. What's the name of his new collection of short stories?  What does it mean in English?
2. Who is one of his favourite authors?
3. Could this collection be considered a homage to this author?
4. Are the stories the same?
5. Do they use different styles?
6. What links the different stories?  What happens in all of them?
7. What feeling do you find in most of them?
8. What kind of humour does Molina Foix use?

Now the text itself.  And if you're really struggling, once you've read through the article and tried to answer the comprehension questions, why not look at the Google translation?  Remember, if you hover over a sentence in English, the Spanish original will pop up - so you can easily compare and contrast the original Spanish with the translated English.

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