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Cuatro historias urbanas convergen en un solo destino, trazado por manos inexorables en lugares famosos o recónditos de la ciudad de México. La Ciudad de México -espacio mítico, ambiguo y luminoso- es el escenario de Agua Quemada, un sube y baja social que en la pluma de Carlos Fuentes da vértigo y hechiza al lector. Esta historia está hecha de cuatro relatos donde se narran momentos decisivos para los protagonistas, quienes descubren que la vida no es aquello que imaginaron. Sus personajes transitan por espacios y momentos trágicos y festivos, como ellos mismos: un general nostálgico ante la revolución mexicana, cada vez más corrompida; una anciana olvidada y su oscura relación con un niño paralítico de las vecindades del centro; un solterón acaudalado que no alcanza a comprender la pobreza ni la desaparición del mito fundador de su status, y un lumpen que, mientras traba un combate con las palabras, termina como guardaespaldas de quien le ha causado tanto dolor... La grandeza de ayer es la ruina de hoy, y nada lo demuestra mejor que la propia Ciudad de México y sus habitantes. La crítica ha opinado: ..". la vida en la ciudad de México, desde el estrato más bajo al más alto... hay belleza, pasión y genialidad aquí... " -Publishers Weekly- Otros autores ha opinado: "Después de leer a Joyce y a Faulkner descubrí que Fuentes pertenece también a esta selecta compañía" -Alberto Manguel-

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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.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789708120524
  • Publisher: Punto de Lectura
  • Publisher Imprint: Punto de Lectura
  • Height: 185 mm
  • No of Pages: 135
  • Series Title: Narrativa (Punto de Lectura)
  • Weight: 100 gr
  • ISBN-10: 9708120529
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: Spanish
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 124 mm


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