Gasoline - Softcover

"Nothing takes one's steam quicker than being replaced. "Gasoline" is the tale of Heribert, a man grappling with his own artistic block and loss of love for life. Uncaring for his family, for his life, for anything, he watches as another individual by the name of Humbert takes over everything he does, doing it better. A fascinating read of the decline of a great mind and the rise of another, "Gasoline" is a choice and very highly recommended read that shouldn't be missed."-The Midwest Book Review

"Gasoline is a gleefully mischievous exploration of the limits of inspiration and the egotism that underlies all art."-Adrian Turpin, The Financial Times

"Nothing takes one's steam quicker than being replaced. Gasoline is the tale of Heribert, a man grappling with his own artistic block and loss of love for life. Uncaring for his family, for his life, for anything, he watches as another individual by the name of Humbert takes over everything he does, doing it better. A fascinating read of the decline of a great mind and the rise of another, Gasoline is a choice and very highly recommended read that shouldn't be missed."--The Midwest Book Review

"Gasoline is a gleefully mischievous exploration of the limits of inspiration and the egotism that underlies all art."--Adrian Turpin, The Financial Times

"Quim Monzo is today's best known writer in Catalan. He is also, no exaggeration, one the world's great short-story writers. This novel shows all his idiosyncrasy and originality. We have at last gained the opportunity to read (in English) one of the most original writers of our time."--The Independent

Heribert Juliá and Humbert Herrera are opposites: the one can no longer paint, and doesn't much care, the other wants to create the sculpture to end all sculptures, the film of all films, the exhibit of all exhibitions. One couldn't care less about his mistress, the other swoops in. A fun-house mirror through which Monzó examines the creative process.