Dictionary for the Idle Madhu Joshi

Dictionary for the Idle Madhu JoshiIntroduction by Dominic Keown, Reader in Catalan Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. An A to Z of satirical humour Easy to dip into, hard to dip out of A Spanish Classic DOING We are always doing something different from what we were meant to. DYING Dying too young is a mistake. Dying too old as well. In general, dying is always a mistake. The trouble is that we could say the same thing about living. Dictionary for the Idle includes chapters

each word weighted and in its correct place

Owen's savage indictment of Britain's welfare programs and its socialised medicine is strong stuff by itself

originally written in Catalan

So tonight is the night

she lives in Germany with her family

and he points out the hidden streets and personalities of a city that changed the world

Fourteen fiction writers dominate this issue

he is the author of the preamble to the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

presses charges against injustice and oppression

Josephine Balmer: The Word for Sorrow: a work begins its progress

• Elsa Morante

Nominated for the 2010 Portico Prize for Fiction