Atila / Attila
Novel , 1991
Galaxia Gutenberg
Pages: 184
“‘My life will not make any sense when Attila is finished,’ he had said several times. And Aliocha Coll, fed up with ‘how unbearable’ life was, committed suicide in Paris in November 1990. He was 42 years old. Three days before his death, Carmen Balcells received the manuscript of Attila. It was his literary will.” Xavier Moret. El País, November 1991.
A hermetic novel full of metaliterary games just like most of his works. In Attila the author narrates how the Huns are at the gates of Rome. But, against all odds, instead of invading the Eternal City, the barbarians let their children become the Romans’ hostages so that they can be educated in classical culture.
La muerte de Aliocha Coll, de Javier Marías El País
La resurrección de Aliocha Coll, Patricio Pron ABC
"Aliocha Coll intertwines alliterations and assonances as ingeniously as the medieval artisans interlaced decorative laths between the rafter beams." The Untranslated
"A narrative that, without being conventional, tells a story that is clearly intelligible. And captivating.[...] This is a grenade, without a doubt, but opened and filled with sweet, garnet-colored seeds." ABC