Name: Oscuro Bosque Oscuro: Tres Narraciones Líricas (in Spanish)
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Author: Jorge Volpi
ISBN: 9786073156967

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Oscuro Bosque Oscuro: Tres Narraciones Líricas (in Spanish)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jorge Volpi

Publisher

Debolsillo

Year

2017

Language

Spanish

Pages

400

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9786073156967

Edited in

México

Synopsis "Oscuro Bosque Oscuro: Tres Narraciones Líricas (in Spanish)"

«Si sólo sobreviviera uno de mis libros, querría que fuera Oscuro bosque oscuro»A medio camino entre la prosa y el verso, las novelas aquí reunidas revelan la exploración del género lírico, tan híbrido como inusual. El jardín devastado, de prosa aforística, nos recibe con la historia de una mujer iraquí, quien busca a sus amados entre los muertos. En Oscuro bosque oscuro, escrita en verso y a modo experimental, Volpi reflexiona sobre los ciudadanos comunes que participaron en los grandes genocidios del siglo xx. Mientras que, en Las elegidas, el ritmo ágil de la ficción breve nos traslada a la frontera, donde el empoderamiento ilícito suele tener consecuencias.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONA half-way meeting point between prose and poetry, these novels explore and expose the lyrical genre and its hybrid peculiarities.El jardín devastado / The devastated garden, a proverbial prose, presents the story of an Iraqi woman who seeks her lovers among the dead.In Oscuro bosque oscuro / Dark Forest, written in verse in an experimental tone, Volpi ponders upon the common individuals who took part in the great genocides of the 20th Century. And in Las elegidas / The Chosen, the fast-paced rhythm of a short fiction takes us to the border, where criminality and illicit businesses often have consequences.

Jorge Volpi

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Jorge Volpi (Mexico, 1968) is the author of the novels La paz de los sepulcros and El temperamento melancólico. With En busca de Klingsor (Biblioteca Breve and Deux Océans-Grinzane Cavour awards) he began a “Twentieth Century Trilogy”, the following parts of which are El fin de la locura and No será la Tierra. He has also written the short novels collected in the volume Días de ira, as well as Sanar tu piel amarga, El jardín devastado and Oscuro bosque oscuro. He is the author of the essays La imaginación y el poder, La guerra y las palabras, Mentiras contagiosas (Mazatán Award for the best book of the year 2008), El insomnio de Bolívar (Debate-Casa de América Award, 2009) and Leer la mente. In 2009, he received the José Donoso Award from Chile for his entire body of work. He has been a professor at Emory, Cornell, Las Américas de Puebla, Pau, Catholic University of Chile, National Autonomous University of Mexico, and Princeton. He has been a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation and a member of the National System of Creators of Mexico. He has been decorated as a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France and with the Order of Isabel la Católica of Spain. He contributes to various newspapers and the magazine The Nation. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages.

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