The Guilty: Stories, by Juan Villoro
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The Guilty: Stories, by Juan Villoro
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“The literature of Juan Villoro…is opening up the path of the new Spanish novel of the millennium.” Roberto Bolano
A brilliant, prize-winning collection of stories by Mexico’s most important living writer. From the semiotics of pet iguanas to the disillusionment of mariachi singers, Villoro reveals the deep dissatisfactions and absurdities of life in Mexico and its carnivalesque capital. We encounter a border trucker making a movie about illegal migrants, a cuckolded football superstar, and a gluten-free American journalist seeking the authentic Mexican experience. A master of the post-modern narrative, Villoro gives us contemporary Mexico through a complex interplay of culture and character psychology in the most surprising, fresh and humorous ways. The Guilty: Stories, by Juan Villoro- Amazon Sales Rank: #813730 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .50" w x 5.40" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
Review “Villoro’s point, punctuated by each of the stories in this powerful book, is that modern Mexico is finished, finally, trying to conform to outside notions of its tragedies….Villoro, a contemporary of Roberto Bolaño, offers a similar style and comic tone, and much to enjoy.” (The New York Times Book Review)“Favorite Books of 2015: Magical realism is fun, but someone still has to clean up afterwards. Villoro’s stories, always beleaguered but never brooding, sift soberly through the debris and extract an earthbound, workaday kind of enchantment. ” (The Believer)“At last, an English translation brings his seriously funny take on identity to new audiences.” (Los Angeles Review of Books)“The first collection of Villoro’s short stories to be translated into English depicts the complexity of contemporary Mexico in sharp, compelling prose. In tales with fascinating protagonists and tightly crafted action, Villoro eschews stereotypes and flips common perceptions of his homeland….Like his Mexican compatriots Valeria Luiselli and Enrique Vila-Matas as well as such U.S. writers as Kirstin Valdez Quade and Luis Alberto Urrea, Villoro rewards readers with refreshing, unforgettable stories.” (Booklist)“Villoro made me believe in the power of postmodernism to reflect back the multiple surfaces of our own highly constructed and often fictional lives. To do so while making the reader laugh out loud is no small feat.” (Rain Taxi Review of Books)“The writing is razor sharp, the satire brilliant and biting…. Villoro's English language debut presents seven expertly crafted stories that are funny and agile but also illuminating, exploring the paradox of being a Mexican in Mexico.” (Three Percent)“Top Book of 2015: The stories are sharp and hilarious and cut right through the (mostly) macho, male Mexican psyche. As a collection it is by turns entertaining and edifying and helped me understand our other closest neighboring country just a little bit better.” (Edward Nawotka - Publishing Perspectives)
About the Author Juan Villoro has written numerous novels, non-fiction books, and won the Herralde Award and the Antonin Artaud Prize.Kimi Traube has an MFA in fiction and literary translation from Columbia University. Her translation of Juan Villoro's work has been published in BOMB Magazine.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. My Joy of Discovering a New Writer Who Can Really Spin a Tale By J. McFarland The stories and novels of Juan Villoro are widely known in Mexico, Spain, Italy and France, both as vivid portraits of life in Mexico today and as prize winners. "The Guilty," a collection of seven short stories, is Villoro's first appearance in English translation and it is a beauty, a vivid throbbing one, not a predictable overly-polished one. Wit, attitude and surprising turns fill these tales of characters not usually allowed the stage and the spotlight in short stories written in by writers in the United States; what Villoro does with the familiar stereotypes of Mexican life exploited and broadcast by mass media (mescal, mariachi music, soccer, machismo, narco-traffickers, kidnapping, air pollution, Aztecs and tourists seeking thrills from all the above) is wildly creative without veering into the unbelievable. The ride through these tales is a trip and, I found, revitalizing. I feel that anything more I could say would spoil the fun for others that I enjoyed so much in my reading of "The Guilty." By the way, I was surprised that I am the first to post a reader review here (and a rave with highest praise): I always suspect that early lone postings with five stars are written by the author’s friends and professional promoters, but I testify that I have no connection to the author, his family, his publisher or any other interested party. I picked up "The Guilty" after reading a short review in the New York Times Book Review (which review by throwing around references to magical realism and Gabriel Garcia Marquez gives the impression that Villoro is imitating someone else—he isn’t imitating anyone else but is the real thing, a true original, bless him). I’ll be waiting for his next book translated into English, and maybe also translated by Kimi Traube who seems here totally in tune with the Villoro’s sassy storytelling style. Check it out and give yourself a treat.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Enjoyed these short stories By CAW Well written, well translated. Enjoyed these short stories.
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