Terenci Moix

The Sadism of our Childhood

Original title:

El sadismo de nuestra infancia.

About the book:

The Sadism of our Childhood

Despite its pink cover (with a touch here and there of lilac) this is not an amiable book, but an implacable one. Perhaps excessively so. No matter. What we have here is an inter-generational court action: a protest against the education received, against an imposed mythology.

The jury is still out; time will tell. Meanwhile, we should listen to the voice of the accusation.

About the author:

The plaintiff, Terenci Moix, was the enfant terrible of  Catalan letters: a bilingual writer (writing in both Catalan and Spanish), he was born in 1943, underwent a meteoric rise to fame, gaining many awards (Víctor Català 1967, Josep Pla 1968, Crítica catalana 1969), he was passionate admirer of the Upper Nile, and responsible for more than one literary scandal.