This biting commentary on the follies of mankind by a noted Mexican author cuts deeply yet leaves readers laughing—at themselves as well as at others. With his surgical intelligence, Juan José Arreola exposes the shams and hypocrisies, the false values and vices, the hidden diseases of society. Confabulario total, 1941–1961, of which this book is a translation, combines three earlier books—Varia invención (1949), Confabulario (1952), Punta de plata (1958)—and numerous later pieces. Although some of the pieces have a noticeably Mexican orientation, most of them transcend strictly regional themes to interpret the social scene in aspects common to all civilized cultures. Arreola’s view is not limited; much of his sophistication comes from his broad, deep, and varied knowledge of present and past, and from his almost casual use both of this knowledge and of his insight into its meaning for humanity. His familiarity with many little-known arts and sciences, numerous literatures, history, anthropology, and psychology, and his telling allusions to this rich lode of fact, increase the reader’s delight in his learned but witty, scalding but poetic, satire.

Confabulario and Other Inventions (Texas Pan American Series)

Literature & Fiction

Arreola, Juan, José

Literary

University of Texas Press

Literature. A fine hardcover copy. Remainder mark on bottom of exterior pages. Tight binding. Clean, unmarked pages. Very good jacket in removable mylar; light rubbing; sunned spine. NOT ex-library. Contains glossary. 154pg. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Spanish Literature--foreign Countries--history and; ISBN: 0292724179. ISBN/EAN: 9780292724174. Inventory No: 014370.

The Fair

History & Criticism

Univ of Texas Pr

Confabulario and Other Inventions

Der Jahrmarkt

Contemporary

Septime Verlag e.U.

La obra de Juan José Arreola (Jalisco, 1918- 2001) es un despliegue notable de temas y estilos; del cuento fantástico a la fábula de animales, de lo mágico a lo fantasmagórico, del amor idealizado a las más hermosas metáforas del dolor y de la muerte, los relatos reunidos en este Confabulario recorren ese espacio de ingenuidad y sapiencia que constituye el núcleo de su obra. Una obra cuyos orígenes se remontan a las literaturas clásicas y en la que el lector como resaltó un crítico descubrirá a un narrador de poderosa y sorprendente imaginación, a un orfebre de las palabras y a un mago con los poderes de la imaginación.Soy autodidacto, es cierto. Pero a los doce años y en Zapotlán el Grande leí a Baudelaire, a Walt Whitman y a los principales fundadores de mi estilo: Papini y Marcel Schwob Y oía canciones y los dichos populares y me gustaba mucho la conversación, escribió el propio Arreola, una de las mayores voces, junto a Juan Rulfo, de la literatura mexicana contemporánea.

Confabulario (Cuentos) / Confabulary (Short Stories) (Spanish Edition)

Humor & Satire

Planeta Publishing

Bestiario (Relatos) / Bestiary (Short Stories) (Spanish Edition)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Punta de plata

Joaquin Mortiz

Un año después de que Juan Rulfo publicó El llano en llamas, Juan José Arreola puso en circulación Confabulario. Después vendrían Bestiario, Cantos del mal dolor, Prosodia, Palíndroma, La feria, entre otros, que ahora están reunidos en el presente volumen. Escritor autodidacta que aprendió a leer de oídas, que nunca concluyó la primaria, Juan José Arreola fue un autor de largo aliento, aunque su narrativa sea medida y lacónica. Una obra fundamental que, junto con la de Rulfo, cambió el curso de nuestras letras. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Mexican short story writer, novelist, essayist, nonfiction writer, and playwright. Hailed as Mexico's premier experimental short story writer of the twentieth century, Arreola is best known for his allegorical tales that explore the nature of human existence in a haphazard, dreamlike, and sometimes insane world. Arreola's short fiction has been compared to that of Franz Kafka and Albert Camus. Although he is little known outside his native Mexico, Arreola has served as literary inspiration for a legion of Mexican writers who have sought to transform their country's realistic literary tradition by introducing elements of magical realism, satire, and allegory.

Narrativa completa. Juan Jose Arreola / Complete Narrative (Spanish Edition)

Dramas & Plays

Debolsillo]

Confabulario personal (Narradores de hoy ; 22) (Spanish Edition)

Bruguera

Confabulario es, sin lugar a dudas, el libro mas representativo de Juan Jose Arreola (Zapotlan, 1918-Jalisco, 2001), autor al que se considera, junto a Rulfo, como uno de los puntales de la literatura en espanol. La aparicion, en 1952, de Confabulario, titulo que Arreola utilizo para sucesivas recopilaciones de relatos, significo la consagracion de su autor. La presente edicion recoge el estado final, definitivo, de una obra que es clara muestra del original estilo y talento del escritor.

Confabulario definitivo (Letras Hispanicas / Hispanic Writings) (Spanish Edition)

Ediciones Cátedra

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