La Escritura Obsesiva

by Salvador Elizondo

Esta antología reúne los textos más característicos de la literatura de Salvador Elizondo, bajo la cuidadosa selección del escritor Daniel Sada, con la intención de adentrar al lector por los mundos que crea el sorprendente narrador mexicano considerado por la crítica como “un escritor para escritores”.

A partir de la publicación de su primera novela, Farabeuf, en 1965 —hoy, un clásico obligado— Elizondo recorrió una amplia gama de posibilidades narrativas llevando su escritura experimental, a la vez que obsesiva, a extremos más allá de los cuales parece que no se puede llegar. Con una imaginación desbordada, una cultura muy amplia y refinada además de haber sido un lector voraz, sus narraciones, dotadas de un gran sentido del humor, brevedad y economía de las palabras, nos transportan a aventuras verbales incomparable

324 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Salvador Elizondo Alcalde was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.
Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, exeprimental, intelligent style literature in Latin America, he wrote as a novelist, poet, critic, playwright, and journalist. His most famous novels are Farabeuf (1965) and El hipogeo Secreto (1968). He is also known for El grafógrafo (1972) which is a series of short texts based on linguistic abbreviatory experimentation.
His style is considered innovative among Mexican contemporary literature for introducing a cosmopolitan view of language and narrative, bringing elements from external literary currents and languages to a refined dialogue of thought and communication. His technique is considered rather unrealistic and proto-fictional, as opposed to magical realism. His works are associated with writers such as Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Julio Cortázar, Juan Rulfo and Georges Bataille. He was also a Professor at UNAM for 25 years and received many international grants, such as the Guggenheim and Rockefeller, and was the recipient of the 1990 national prize of literature. Elizondo died in Mexico City on March 29, 2006, of cancer. His funeral was held at the palacio de Bellas Artes.