His first novels, Les ànimes sordes (Deaf Souls) and, above all, Obaga (Keep My Cows), are a parody of the stereotypes of the crime novel transferred to rural environments that are sometimes presented with a slyness that borders on the sarcasm.
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Les seves primeres novel·les, Les ànimes sordes i, sobretot, Obaga, són una paròdia dels estereotips de la novel·la negra, traslladats a uns ambients rurals que són presentats de vegades amb una sornegueria que frega el sarcasme.
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The letter bears the characteristic threefold stamp: slyness, stupidity and vulgarity.
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La lletra porta el característic triple segell: astúcia, estupidesa i vulgaritat.
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Slyness, firmness and persistence were not enough to win these thoroughly experienced people: one had to be cultured, an independent thinker and a skilled debater.
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L’astúcia, la fermesa i la persistència no bastaven per a guanyar aquella gent tan experimentada: calia ésser culte, pensador independent i polemista expert.
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Font: NLLB
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I soon noticed that Lenin was "advancing" Stalin, valuing in him his firmness, grit, stubbornness, and to a certain extent his slyness, as attributes necessary in the struggle.
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Aviat observí que Lenin estava “ascendint” Stalin, apreciant en ell la fermesa, la sang freda, la tenacitat i fins a un cert punt l’astúcia, com a atributs necessaris per a la lluita.
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