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Juan Villoro


Born
in Mexico City, Mexico
September 24, 1956

Genre
Fiction, Nonfiction

Influences
Julio Cortázar, Borges, Kafka, Bioy Casares, Juan Carlos Onetti, Vlad ...more


Juan Villoro is Mexico's preeminent novelist. Born in Mexico City in 1956, he is the author of half a dozen prize-winning novels and is also a journalist. In 2004, he received the Herralde Prize for his novel El testigo (The Witness). ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 31,141 ratings · 4,750 reviews · 182 distinct works • Similar authors
El libro salvaje
4.25 avg rating — 8,549 ratings — published 2008 — 36 editions
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Conferencia sobre la lluvia
3.93 avg rating — 3,740 ratings — published 2012 — 16 editions
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Horizontal Vertigo: A City ...
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3.96 avg rating — 1,220 ratings — published 2018 — 16 editions
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Los culpables
3.70 avg rating — 1,234 ratings — published 2000 — 16 editions
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Llamadas de Ámsterdam
3.68 avg rating — 1,151 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions
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Dios es redondo
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 947 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions
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El testigo
3.78 avg rating — 670 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions
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¿Hay vida en la Tierra?
4.02 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2012 — 16 editions
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Balón dividido
3.92 avg rating — 498 ratings — 9 editions
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La figura del mundo. El ord...
4.25 avg rating — 440 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions
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Quotes by Juan Villoro  (?)
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“...me eligió como se elige un libro en una biblioteca. Ignoro si me escogió por el título, el lomo, la portada, la tipografía o por mi ubicación entre otros libros. No sé qué clase de texto fui para ella.”
― Juan Villoro, Conferencia sobre la lluvia
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“En México hay tres clases de basura: orgánica, inorgánica y electoral.”
― Juan Villoro
tags: elecciones, mexico, voto
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“El amor tiene una sed de absoluto. No me refiero a su carácter posesivo, sino a la necesidad de compartirlo todo y conocer al otro, hasta donde eso sea posible.”
― Juan Villoro, Conferencia sobre la lluvia
tags: love
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