Alberto Fuguet belongs to a new generation of writers claiming in no uncertain terms that magical realism is not the be-all-and-end-all of Latin American literature. His first novel Mala onda was a real box office success. Since then he has become known for his scandalous irreverence and his references to United States pop culture. His later works have consolidated his reputation as the “heir to the 20th century literary tradition of Roberto Arlt and Manuel Puig.” His novel The Movies of my Life was published by Rayo/HarperCollins in 2003. It is the story of Beltran Soler, a Chilean seismologist devoted entirely to his profession, at the expense of his social life. But on the plane to Japan on business, he meets a woman who stirs in him a need to stand back and look at his life.The novel even contains cards of films the protagonist has seen, with technical information and the description of the exact moment he saw them. In a hyperrealist style redolent of Manuel Puig’s use of film as a universal bridge spanning the generations, Fuguet’s novel is a kind of filmic biography in which he demonstrates the mastery of narrative technique that enables him to reconstruct a memoir straddling the Chilean and American experience.
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Andrés Caicedo. Mi cuerpo es
una celda
BIOGRAPHY, 2008 |
Road Story
GRAPHIC NOVEL , 2007 |
Apuntes autistas
ESSAYS, 2007 |
Cortos
SHORT STORIES, 2004 |
Las películas de mi vida
NOVEL, 2003 |
Primera parte
ESSAYS, 2000 |
Dos hermanos
SCREENPLAY, 2000 |
Por favor, rebobinar
NOVEL, 1998 |
Tinta roja
NOVEL, 1996 |
Mala onda
NOVEL, 1996 |
Sobredosis
SHORT STORIES, 1990 |
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