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Sergi Pàmies

Portrait of Spanish writer Sergi Pàmies

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Sergi Pàmies

Sergi Pàmies (Paris, 1960) alternates his literary production with media work, including journalism and radio and television scripts. His novels include L’instint (Instinct, 1992), which received the Prudenci Bertrana Prize, and Sentimental (1996).

Articles by Sergi Pàmies

Like Two Drops of Water

By Sergi Pàmies

Tempo, for instance: one drop every so often, always the exact same so often, like a time trial in a bicycle race.

Translated from Catalan by Lisa M. Dillman

The Game

By Sergi Pàmies

It’s the son’s idea: he’ll hide in an armoire and, when his father walks by, he’ll jump out and scare him.

Translated from Catalan by Lisa M. Dillman

Brine

By Sergi Pàmies

I wake up with an overwhelming urge to cry, but, since today’s going to be a busy day, I decide to cry later.

Translated from Catalan by Lisa M. Dillman

End of the Line

By Sergi Pàmies

Much in the same way that for thirty years he's been incapable of breaking the rules, today he just doesn't see himself having the heart to comply with them.

Translated from Catalan by Lisa M. Dillman

The Other Life

By Sergi Pàmies

I had to die to find out whether anybody loved me. When alive, I was never very popular, and it was a real problem for me that I fought very vigorously and quite without success. At home, if I didn’t…

Translated from Catalan by Peter Bush

We Were Just Talking about You

By Sergi Pàmies

Perhaps because I'd smelled this coming, I didn't try to fight back.

Translated from Catalan by Peter Bush