Name: El Testigo (in Spanish)
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Author: Juan Villoro
ISBN: 9788433972842

Type

Physical Book

Author

Juan Villoro

Publisher

Anagrama

Collection

COMPACTOS

Year

2018

Language

Spanish

Pages

480

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21x13 cm

Weight

1.20

ISBN

8433972847

ISBN13

9788433972842

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "El Testigo (in Spanish)"

Julio Valdivieso, intelectual mexicano emigrado a Europa, vuelve a su país después de una larga ausencia. El PRI ha perdido al fin las elecciones y se inicia un peculiar período de transición. Julio vuelve a ese tiempo extraño de los regresos, donde se reencuentra con lo que pudo ser. En ese retorno se enfrenta a las claves de un amor perdido, la leyenda viva del poeta Ramón López Velar-de, un episodio de la guerra cristera del que depende supropio nombre. Regresa a una Ítaca azotada por el crimen organizado, la política entendida como conspiración, un México donde las cuentas mal saldadas de la Revolución vuelven con aire de tragicomedia y la épica se vuelve telenovela. El testigo es una irónica revisión de los mitos del mundo contemporáneo y una exultante reivindicación de la poesía como sustrato perdurable en el caos de la historia. Premio Herralde de Novela. «Un mundo ficticio excepcionalmente vívido y una demostración del poder testimonial de la ficción» (Chris Andrews, Times Literary Supplement); «Una de esas obras mayores que dan sentido a una vida en la literatura» (Christopher Domínguez Michael, Reforma); «Cuando ya a nadie se le ocurría ni preguntar si es posible escribir la Gran Novela Mexicana, Villoro puso una en lamesa» (Álvaro Enrigue, Letras Libres).

Juan Villoro

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Writer and journalist, Juan Villoro was born in Mexico City in 1956. He has been a professor at UNAM, and a visiting professor at the universities of Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, as well as at the New Journalism Foundation, created by Gabriel García Márquez. He is a columnist for Reforma (Mexico), has written for international media such as The New York Times (US), El País (Spain) and El Mercurio (Chile), among others. He was the director of La Jornada Semanal.

He studied Sociology at the Metropolitan Autonomous University-Iztapalapa. He is a doctor honoris causa by the Michoacan University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo and by the Metropolitan Autonomous University. Since 2014 he is a member of El Colegio Nacional.

In 2012 he received the Ibero-American José Donoso Award and in 2018 the Manuel Rojas Award, both awarded in Chile, for his body of work. Among the recognitions he has received in Mexico is the Mazatlán Literature Award for his book of literary essays Personal Effects and the Xavier Villaurrutia Award for his book of stories The House Loses.

He received in Spain the Herralde Award for his novel The Witness; in Argentina the ACE Award for his play Philosophy of Life and in Cuba the José María Arguedas Award for his novel Reef. His journalistic work has been recognized with the King of Spain International Journalism Award, City of Barcelona Award, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán International Journalism Award, as well as the Fernando Benítez Tribute of the International Book Fair, and the Award for Journalistic Excellence, granted by the Gabo Foundation (Colombia), 2022.

His novel for young people The Wild Book has sold more than one million copies.

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