February 12, 7-9 pm
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street

Short Fiction from Catalonia : New and Improved

Empar Moliner (Barcelona, 1966), once an actress, is currently a very popular journalist who contributes to El País, Catalunya Ràdio and even late-night television talk shows. Her journalistic chronicles, written with the same corrosive style of her short stories, have been recently collected in an anthology, which has also been a success with both critics and readers. I Love You when I'm Tipsy has been awarded the Lletra d'Or, one of the most acclaimed honours of Catalan literature.

Selected Works

. L'ensenyador de pisos que odiava els mims (Destino, 2001) ['The Real Estate Agent Who Hated Mimes'].

. Feli esthéticienne (Destino, 2001) ['Feli, esthéticienne'].

. T'estimo si he begut (Quaderns Crema, 2004) ['I Love You when I'm Tipsy'].

. Busco senyor per amistat i el que sorgeixi (Quaderns Crema, 2005) ['Wanted: Gentleman For Friendship and Maybe More'].

Latest Works in Translation

. German . Salon Feli [Feli, esthéticienne] , tr. T. Moser. Cologne: Kiepenhauer & Witsh, 2003.

. Spanish . Te quiero si he bebido . Barcelona: El Acantilado, 2004.