BOOK / SHITTING MILK. Héloise Guerrier

HUMOR

Tener narices (to have nerves), farewell à la française (to say goodbye in French), dunk el churro (to dunk the churro), come out of the closet... Spanish is brimming with those popular expressions whose meaning has little or nothing to do with the words they are made of, and which are imprinted on your head like colorful postcards, vivid and raw.

After their first compilation, Con dos huevos (With Two Eggs), now in its sixth edition, Héloïse Guerrier and David Sánchez explore a new batch of surreal, disconcerting, and hilarious expressions that Quevedo would undoubtedly have used to tease Góngora.

Graphically, each expression is illustrated literally. In this way, these colloquial expressions, made up of simple terms, often linked to food or sexuality, acquire an unexpected visual poetry. Taken out of context and taken literally, they become surreal, absurd, almost disturbing.

Furthermore, the authors delve into the origins of language. Each expression is painstakingly dissected in an attempt to decipher its etymology, its how and why: what was the original use of a given expression, in what context was it used, or how it has evolved over time. A way to discover a language and its roots through its most colloquial expressions.

“An exhaustive and hilarious study.” Carles Francino. La Ventana

“The charm of this book lies in its literality, in turning the most streetwise Spanish language into an image [...]. The combination of idioms with images is a bombshell against political correctness.” Peio H. Riaño. El Confidencial

Title: Cagando Leches
Author: Héloise Guerrier, David Sánchez
Pages: 104
Size: 13 x 18 cm
Weight: 350 grams
Genre: Humor
Language: Spanish
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: ASTIBERRI
Year: 2014