Funny stories to read without haste, a posthumous book by Juan Muñoz

Unpublished stories, specifically 25, are what this title (SM) contains, which will be released in bookstores next Thursday, and it is a work full of lovable characters, such as two chicks who travel around the world or an ugly prince who cannot flirt, as the publisher says. I applied.

united all his life “Steamer” group.In this posthumous work, he reflects, according to his daughter Ninfa, “the tenderness of his look covered with that unique humor that makes children, when they become adults, remember that they laughed and were moved.” “It is unfortunate that he is not here to read it himself and celebrate it.”Ninfa Muñoz laments that this work comes in a quilted form, a design that her father loved very much, because it was the design for the SM Awards.

According to Carolina Pérez, editor of the “El Barco de Vapor” group on SM, in Funny stories to read without rushing There are classic stories, the beginning of which pays homage to “Once upon a time…” and where there are princes or tailors having adventures, but also “stories of works of art, Martians, cybernetic cats, and mad scientists.” There’s even a Chinese story.

As for the title, the publisher provides it, as Muñoz himself was the one who gave it “Inspired by a conversation with a school class where they asked him how he came up with those funny names for monks and pirates.”.

A question that had this answer: “Well, reading. You have to read and you also have to sit down and write without haste. I am now collecting and re-reading some of my stories. “I read them and I laugh.”

Funny stories to read without rushing He also hides some winks Illustrations by Antonio Tello, Juan Muñoz’s loyal companion for more than 40 years of togetherness and friendship. Tilo, in addition to drawing many classics from the “El Barco de Vapor” collection, creates the drawings that accompany the adventures of the famous Fry perico And Pirate tick.

Juan Muñoz (Madrid, 1929-2023) won the SM Prize in 1980 for his works. Fray Perico and his donkeyIt is his most important work, as it has sold more than one and a half million copies in Spain. In 1982 he arrived Pirate tickanother legendary figure in Spanish children’s literature, which has already been published in 71 editions.