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02342aam a2200313Ii 4500 001 76698B46FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 191003s2019 nyu 000 j eng d 020 $a 1948830043 020 $a 9781948830041 035 $a (OCoLC)1121596973 040 $a UOK $b eng $e rda $c UOK $d YDX $d BDX $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h cat 100 1 $a MonzoÌ, Quim, $d 1952- $e author. 240 10 $a PerqueÌ de tot plegat. $l English 245 10 $a Why, why, why? : $b stories / $c Quim MonzoÌ ; translated from the Catalan by Peter Bush. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Rochester, NY : $b Open Letter, $c [2019] 300 $a 119 pages ; $c 22 cm 500 $a Originally published in Catalan as "El perqueÌ de tot plegat" by Quaderns Crema, 1993. 520 $a "A man tries to teach a stone to speak through sheer force of will. An engaged couple makes a pact to never lie, and their union dissolves immediately. Over the course of a phone call, a man learns that his girlfriend died months ago, and that he's been unknowingly seeing her twin sister. Prince Charming marries Cinderella, but then has an affair with the evil stepsisters. A psychopath's liver explodes after a night of heavy drinking, but instead of killing him, it allows him to be a better drinker. These, and many more strange and twisted characters populate the pages of Why, Why, Why?, a delectable brew of dark humor and biting satire on human relationships."-- Back cover. 505 00 $t The story. $t Love -- $t Married life -- $t Submission -- $t The menstrual cycle -- $t Clueless -- $t Faith -- $t Pygmalion -- $t Immolation -- $t Knowledge -- $t The decision -- $t Admiration -- $t Why do the hands of a clock turn the way the hands of a clock do? -- $t Jealousy -- $t Hand on heart -- $t Instability -- $t St. Valentine's -- $t Trojan euphoria -- $t Half-twelvish -- $t The urge for self-improvement -- $t The Hippocratic oath -- $t Mycology -- $t The toad -- $t The sleeping beauty -- $t The monarchy -- $t Fauna -- $t Strength of will -- $t Physiognomies -- $t Divine providence -- $t The story. 600 10 $a MonzoÌ, Quim, $d 1952- $v Translations into English. 700 1 $a Bush, Peter R., $d 1946- $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200103023316.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=76698B46FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search