Name: La Vaca (in Spanish)
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Author: Augusto Monterroso
ISBN: 9788420422893

Type

Physical Book

Author

Augusto Monterroso

Publisher

Alfaguara

Collection

Literature

Year

1999

Language

Spanish

Pages

152

Format

Paperback

ISBN

8420422894

ISBN13

9788420422893

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "La Vaca (in Spanish)"

Monterroso converts any memory into a theme for a story. In "La vaca", the author filters daily experience until he obtains its essence. Through his talent for transforming life into a fable, he bestows on every creation the breath of simplicity with merciless and condescending humor, Once again and with sharp precision, Augusto Monterroso throws the darts of his wisdom in these twenty essays. Blurb in Spanish: La ironía de Monterroso discurre sobre la literatura: la vaca de Maiakovski, los miedos idiomáticos de Virginia Woolf, los terrores literarios de Raymond Carver, los errores de apreciación de Julian Barnes, la pasión de Pablo Neruda por la gesta de Alonso Ercilla, los otros Aleph que no son de Jorge Luis Borges, la literatura fantástica de Juan Rulfo, la imposición de manos de Juan Carlos Onetti, la vitalidad de Erasmo, la presencia de Lya Kostakovski y Luis Cardoza y Aragón, el humor de León Tolstoi... Símbolo y tema de perpetuas reescrituras, "La vaca" deambula en los ensayos de Augusto Monterroso ostentando su paradójica e inagotable novedad.

Augusto Monterroso

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Augusto Monterroso (1921-2003) was a Honduran writer naturalized Guatemalan and exiled in Mexico. He is recognized as one of the masters of microfiction, noted for his concise and profound prose.

Monterroso received several awards, such as the Magda Donato Award (1970) and the Xavier Villaurrutia Award (1975). In 2000, he was honored with the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, acknowledging his literary contribution. His work has been translated into multiple languages and continues to be the subject of study and admiration in the literary field.

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