El rey siempre está por encima del pueblo

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170 pages 2009

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Muchos de los relatos aqu reunidos han aparecido previamente en revistas como The New Yorker y Granta y estn profundamente arraigadas en Amr ica Latina realidades sociopolt icas. En "El Puente", por ejemplo, se analiza la muerte de una pareja pobre que vive en un barrio pobre de una extensa ciudad imaginaria, humanizar el anonimato de lo que no podra parecer ms puntos en una multitud de peatones. En la historia del tt ulo, un joven deja su pueblo de provincia y se dirige a la ciudad con la esperanza de escapar. La pobreza, las injusticias polt icas, traiciones, sueo ·s rotos, y las intrigas de la familia son parte del arsenal de Alarcn Þ y se describen con irona y humor en estos cuentos bien elaborado.

Many of the stories gathered here have appeared previously in magazines such as The New Yorker and Granta and are deeply rooted in Latin American sociopolitical realities. In The Bridge, for example, he examines the deaths of a poor couple who live in a shantytown of an imaginary sprawling city, humanizing the anonymity of what might not appear to be more than dots in a crowd of pedestrians. In the title story, a young man leaves his provincial town and heads for the city in the hopes of escaping. Poverty, political injustices, betrayal, broken dreams, and family intrigue are all part of Alarcn Þs arsenal and are described with irony and humor in these well-crafted tales.

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