Alessandro Boffa

Eres una bestia, Viskovitz es un tour de force entre el humor y la inteligencia, donde la jerga científica se convierte en ingenio lingüístico, el chiste en aforismo, el golpe de efecto en reveladora

Viskovitz assumes the guise of various animals--dormouse, parrot, chameleon, dung beetle, police dog--in an attempt to win the heart of Ljuba, the woman he adores.

Una lumaca con due sessi, un pappagallo che parla d''amore, un ghiro che fa sogni erotici, un cane antidroga buddista, un microbo con un complesso d''inferiorita, un leone innamorato di una gazzella, un camaleonte alla ricerca di se stesso, uno squalo, un verme, uno scarafaggio... Viskovitz e ognuna di queste bestie e molte altre ancora, alle prese con le loro bizzarrie, nevrosi, vanita. Ma e la condizione umana, in tutta la sua dignita e scostumatezza, a essere rappresentata attraverso queste favole ironiche che spaziano dalla gag comica al western, dall''apologo al thriller.

Viskovitz is each of these animals and many more; yet it is the human condition with all its highs and lows which is portrayed in these hilarious metamorphoses. You''re an Animal Viskovitz is a whirlwind of ironic fables, a tour de force of comic inventiveness and intelligence unlike anything that you have read before.

In this wickedly hilarious collection of fables, Alessandro Boffa introduces us to Viskovitz and his never-ending search for his true love, Ljuba. As he changes from a lovelorn lion to a jealous finch, from a confused dung beetle to an enlightened police dog, Viskovitz embraces his metamorphoses with wry humor and an oftentimes painful sense of self. As an ant, Viskovitz fights his way to the top where his egotism calls on the colony to create a monument to his greatness out of a piece of bread. As a sponge, he is horrified by the inbreeding in his familyIm my own mother-in-law!!!and yearns for a change in current so he can mate with Ljuba, who lies downstream. As a mantis, he asks his mother what his father was like, only to hear, Crunchy. A bit salty. High in fiber. Unfortunately, when he meets Ljuba shortly thereafter, he follows his fathers fate. And as a scorpion, his uncontrollably deadly efficiency meets its match in Ljuba and finds no way to escape this intolerable, sinister happiness.

Un lleó enamorat d''una gasela, un liró amb somnis eròtics, un microbi amb complex d''inferioritat, un camaleó que es busca a si mateix, un tauró, un escarabat, una vaca, una rata, un cargol...Viskov