The Theory of Holes

La teoria dels forats (The Theory of Holes) is the story of Klaus and his father, who does all kinds of jobs for the town hall, including fixing potholes in the roads. One morning, a huge hole appears that they cannot fill with even fifteen bags of dirt. Both of them will go inside to try to understand what has happened.

La teoria dels forats (The Theory of Holes) is the adventure of a fanciful son and a father who is too down to earth; an adventure that teaches them that lives and people are prodigiously imperfect. Because as the first sentence of the book says: nothing would exist without holes.

Written in the author's characteristic direct and lively style, the novel is full of images and an overflowing intelligence and sense of humor.

«The jury praised Gurt's "direct and lively prose" in a proposal full of images and a sense of humor, with an idea that is not imposed "with a moralistic or orthopedically pedagogical tone."» - La Vanguardia