A Thousand Morons

"Today's best known writer in Catalan. He is also, no exaggeration, one of the world's great short—story writers."—The Independent

A Thousand Morons, Quim Monzó's latest collection of short stories, is rife with very unfortunate characters. There's the young boy in "A Cut" who is upbraided by his teacher when he rudely shows up for class with a huge gash in his neck. And the prince in "One Night" who tries everything to awaken a sleeping princess—yet fails completely.

Seeing that this is a Qu...