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by Julio Ram?n Ribeyro (Author), Juan Gabriel V?squez (Prologue by)
En el 30. aniversario de su muerte, llega a la colecci?n de Cuentos completos Julio Ram?n Ribeyro, uno de los maestros del siglo XX en espa?ol, en una edici?n con pr?logo de Juan Gabriel V?squez
«No haynada m?s cinematogr?fico que el retrato humano y en eso los cuentos de Ribeyro son ?nicos . -Fernando Le?n de Aranoa
Compuesta a lo largo de m?s de cuatro d?cadas, la narrativa breve de Julio Ram?n Ribeyro, a la que el propio autor titul? La palabra del mudo, despliega una variedad de registros que abarcan el ?mbito de lo fant?stico, lo social, lo filos?fico, as? como la memoria introspectiva que evoca su juventud europea y su infancia en el Miraflores de su Lima natal. Aunque muchos de sus personajes son v?ctimas de la desilusi?n o el fracaso, una de las marcas de su imaginario, lo cierto es que sus cuentos trascienden el t?pico de la derrota y recrean el complejo caudal de la experiencia humana.
"There is nothing more cinematic than a human portrait, and at that, Ribeyro's short stories are one of a kind." --Fernando Le?n de Aranoa
Composed throughout four decades, Julio Ram?n Ribeyro's short fiction, which the author himself entitled The Mute's Word, displays a series of registers that covers the spheres of fantasy, society, philosophy, and introspective memory to evoke his European youth and his childhood in Miraflores, in his native Lima. Though many of his characters are victims of disillusionment or failure, one of the markers of his imaginary, the truth is his short stories transcend the topic of defeat and recreate the complex wealth of human experience. This volume gathers the best of his storytelling production. Ninety-five tales that reveal an artist gifted at highlighting the minuscule glow of lives confined to impossibility. Faithful to the poetic of fragmentation and periphery that sidelined him from the Boom movement, the Peruvian author knew how to narrate, with compassionate irony, the fate of those beings touched by frustration, decadence, and mystery, and draw a form of incomparable beauty from that sensitive material. Over the years, the work of Julio Ram?n Ribeyro has only gathered readers and admiration. These pages confirm the privileged place his name has among the great masters of short prose of all time.
Author Biography
Julio Ram?n Ribeyro Z??iga fue un escritor peruano, considerado uno de los mejores cuentistas de la literatura latinoamericana. Es una figura destacada de la Generaci?n del 50 de su pa?s, a la que tambi?n pertenecen narradores como Mario Vargas Llosa, Enrique Congrains Martin y Carlos Eduardo Zavaleta.
