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"Yo vengo de una familia en la que cada miembro dañaba de algún modo  a los demás. Luego, arrepentidos, cada uno se dañaba a sí mismo."Todas las familias felices es la polifonía narrativa de los  ramales conflictivos del México contemporáneo y, por extensión, de América Latina y del mundo. Violence is the name of the game. Un ranchero quiere que sus cuatro hijos sean sacerdotes; ellos piensan  distinto. Un hombre es humillado por su patrón; su hijo quisiera  humillarlo más. Una madre renuncia a su carrera de cantante y se  pregunta si valió la pena; su hija renuncia al mundo y vive a través de  los reality shows. El hijo del presidente se rebela contra su padre,  pero depende de su protección. Una mujer sufre el sadismo de su marido  por amor. Una madre dolorosa explica la vida de su hija al hombre que la  asesinó. Una pareja sesentona se reencuentra y se pregunta si de veras  fueron jóvenes amantes. Un comandante debe escoger quién morirá de sus  dos hijos. La vieja madre de un joven mariachi lo rescata. Una fiel  pareja gay enfrenta la tentación. Una prima fea hace peligrar un  matrimonio. Un cura esconde a su hija en una aldea. Un mujeriego se  niega a casarse con su amante por temor a matar el placer. Un actor es  obligado a enfrentar la realidad por su hijo minusválido. Un hermano  incómodo desafía la vida de su frater. Un Don Juan juega con dos mujeres  que le dan su merecido. Tres hijas se reúnen en torno al féretro de su padre por última vez en diez años. Estas historias son puntuadas por "coros", algunos humorísticos, la  mayoría trágicos, que dan voz a los sin-voz: niños mendicantes, hijas  violadas, huérfanos, parientes rivales, traficantes, pandillas asesinas  que descienden de las calles de Los Ángeles o ascienden de las selvas de Centroamérica. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION In these spectacular vignettes, the internationally acclaimed author Carlos Fuentes explores Tolstoy’s classic observation that “happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” In “A Family Like Any Other,” each member of the Pagán family lives in isolation, despite sharing a tiny house. In “The Mariachi’s Mother,” the limitless devotion of a woman is revealed as she secretly tends to her estranged son’s wounds. “Sweethearts” reunites old lovers unexpectedly and opens up the possibilities for other lives and other loves. These are just a few of the remarkable stories in Happy Families, but they all inhabit Fuentes’s trademark Mexico, where modern obsessions bump up against those of the mythic past–and the result is a triumphant display of the many ways we reach out to one another and find salvation through irrepressible acts of love.

About the Author :
Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012). Connotado intelectual y uno de los principales exponentes de la narrativa mexicana, tiene una vasta obra que incluye novela, cuento, teatro y ensayo. Recibió numerosos premios, entre ellos los siguientes: Premio Biblioteca Breve 1967 por Cambio de piel; Premio Xavier Villaurrutia y Premio Rómulo Gallegos por Terra nostra; Premio Internacional Alfonso Reyes 1979; Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes en Lingüística y Literatura 1984; Premio Cervantes 1987; Orden de la Independencia Cultural Rubén Darío, otorgada por el Gobierno Sandinista, 1988; Premio del Instituto Italo-Americano 1989 por Gringo viejo; Medalla Rectoral de la Universidad de Chile, 1991; Condecoración con la Orden al Mérito de Chile, en grado de Comendador, 1993; Premio Príncipe de Asturias 1994; Premio Internacional Grinzane Cavour 1994; Premio Picasso, otorgado por la UNESCO, 1994; Premio Cervantes, 1987; Premio de la Latinidad otorgado por las Academias Brasileña y Francesa de la Lengua, 2000; Legión de Honor del Gobierno Francés, 2003; Premio Roger Caillois 2003; Premio Real Academia Española 2004 por En esto creo; Premio Galileo 2000, Italia, 2005; Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica, 2008; Premio Internacional Don Quijote de la Mancha 2008; Gran Medalla de Verneil 2010; y Premio Formento de las Letras, 2011.

Review :
Otros autores han opinado: "Como toda gran obra literaria, Todas las familias felices completa y complementa nuestras vidas, añadiéndoles algo que ellas, por sí mismas, nunca serían ni tendrían ni verían ni sentirían" -Ignacio Solares, Revista de la Universidad de México-


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9786073144667
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
  • Publisher Imprint: Debolsillo
  • Height: 191 mm
  • No of Pages: 424
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 318 gr
  • ISBN-10: 6073144660
  • Publisher Date: 22 Oct 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: Spanish
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Width: 127 mm


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