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La Feria (Novela) / The Fair (a Novel)

by Juan José Arreola
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9786070726200
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Planeta Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Planeta Publishing
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  • Pages: 200
  • Original Price: USD 12.95
  • Language: Spanish
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 137 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Magical Realism

Un recorrido por Zapotlán el Grande de la mano de sus habitantes


Arreola, uno de los mejores escritores de ficción breve de México, nos ofrece en La feria, un texto fenomenal que pertenece al género de los Apocalipsis de bolsillo. Sus páginas recogen fragmentos, textuales o deformados, de la más variada tradición oral y escrita, procedente sobre todo de Ezequiel y de Isaías, de los Apócrifos, del cartulario colonial y de los anales de un pueblo imaginado al sur de Jalisco. Se trata en realidad de puros recuerdos de infancia, de cosas leídas, vistas y oídas, puestas unas tras otra, al azar.


La fidelidad a los giros populares y el realismo mágico de ciertos personajes son tal vez las mejores cualidades de este libro desordenado, múltiple y singular, breve y abundante.


ENGLISH DESCRIPTION


A Journey Through Zapotlán el Grande with Its Inhabitants


Arreola, one of Mexico's finest short fiction writers, presents us with La feria (The Fair ), a phenomenal text that belongs to the genre of Pocket Apocalypses. Its pages gather fragments, either verbatim or altered, from the most varied oral and written traditions, mainly from Ezekiel and Isaiah, the Apocrypha, colonial cartularies, and the annals of an imagined town in southern Jalisco. In reality, it consists purely of childhood memories, things read, seen, and heard, placed one after another at random.


The fidelity to popular expressions and the magical realism of certain characters are perhaps the best qualities of this disordered, multifaceted, and singular book, both brief and abundant.

Arreola, Juan José: -

Juan José Arreola empezó a escribir a los diez años. Tuvo los empleos más diversos: aprendiz de encuadernador, dependiente en una tienda de abarrotes, cobrador, peón de campo, vendedor de tepache, panadero y periodista, entre muchos otros. Estudió teatro en la ciudad de México con Fernando Wagner, Xavier Villaurrutia y Rodolfo Usigli. En 1944 fue becado para estudiar arte dramático en Francia. De regreso trabajó como corrector en el Fondo de Cultura Económica.


A los 31 años publicó su primer libro: Varia invención (1949) y, paso a paso, su obra logró importantes reconocimientos, como el premio Xavier Villaurrutia (1963), el Nacional de Letras y Lingüística (1979) y el intencional de Literatura Juan Rulfo (1992). Impartió diversos talleres literarios que fueron decisivos para las nuevas generaciones de escritores. El conductor de programas televisivos, el apasionado jugador de ajedrez, falleció en su natal Jalisco dejando en su labor literaria y periodística un valioso legado cultural.


Juan José Arreola began writing at the age of ten. He had the most diverse jobs: apprentice bookbinder, clerk in a grocery store, collector, field laborer, tepache seller, baker and journalist, among many others. He studied theater in Mexico City with Fernando Wagner, Xavier Villaurrutia and Rodolfo Usigli. In 1944 he was awarded a scholarship to study drama in France. On his return he worked as a proofreader at the Fondo de Cultura Económica.


At the age of 31 he published his first book: Varia invención (1949) and, step by step, his work achieved important recognitions, such as the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize (1963), the National Prize for Letters and Linguistics (1979) and the Juan Rulfo Intentional Prize for Literature (1992). He gave various literary workshops that were decisive for the new generations of writers. The host of television programs, the passionate chess player, died in his native Jalisco, leaving a valuable cultural legacy in his literary and journalistic work.

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