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El Robinson urbano
El Robinson urbano es el primer libro del autor y muestra ya los rasgos característicos de su estilo y su visión del mundo. Se trata de una selección de las crónicas literarias que publicó en el desaparecido “Diario de Granada”.
En 1993 Seix Barral la recuperó ya que, como dice el mismo autor: «La mejor literatura de la modernidad la han escrito los grandes robinsones urbanos».
En 1993 Seix Barral la recuperó ya que, como dice el mismo autor: «La mejor literatura de la modernidad la han escrito los grandes robinsones urbanos».
144 pages, Paperback
First published June 9, 2009
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About the author
Antonio Muñoz Molina
132 books590 followersAntonio Muñoz Molina is a Spanish writer and, since 8 June 1995, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He currently resides in New York City, United States. In 2004-2005 he served as the director of the Instituto Cervantes of New York.
He was born in the town of Úbeda in Jaén province.
He studied art history at the University of Granada and journalism in Madrid. He began writing in the 1980s and his first published book, El Robinsón urbano, a collection of his journalistic work, was published in 1984. His columns have regularly appeared in El País and Die Welt.
His first novel, Beatus ille, appeared in 1986. It features the imaginary city of Mágina — a re-creation of his Andalusian birthplace — which would reappear in some his later works.
In 1987 Muñoz Molina was awarded Spain's National Narrative Prize for El invierno en Lisboa (translated as Winter in Lisbon), a homage to the genres of film noir and jazz music. His El jinete polaco received the Planeta Prize in 1991 and, again, the National Narrative Prize in 1992.
His other novels include Beltenebros (1989), a story of love and political intrigue in post-Civil War Madrid, Los misterios de Madrid (1992), and El dueño del secreto (1994).
Margaret Sayers Peden's English-language translation of Muñoz Molina's novel Sepharad won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize in 2004. He won the Jerusalem Prize in 2013.
He is married to Spanish author and journalist, Elvira Lindo.
He was born in the town of Úbeda in Jaén province.
He studied art history at the University of Granada and journalism in Madrid. He began writing in the 1980s and his first published book, El Robinsón urbano, a collection of his journalistic work, was published in 1984. His columns have regularly appeared in El País and Die Welt.
His first novel, Beatus ille, appeared in 1986. It features the imaginary city of Mágina — a re-creation of his Andalusian birthplace — which would reappear in some his later works.
In 1987 Muñoz Molina was awarded Spain's National Narrative Prize for El invierno en Lisboa (translated as Winter in Lisbon), a homage to the genres of film noir and jazz music. His El jinete polaco received the Planeta Prize in 1991 and, again, the National Narrative Prize in 1992.
His other novels include Beltenebros (1989), a story of love and political intrigue in post-Civil War Madrid, Los misterios de Madrid (1992), and El dueño del secreto (1994).
Margaret Sayers Peden's English-language translation of Muñoz Molina's novel Sepharad won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize in 2004. He won the Jerusalem Prize in 2013.
He is married to Spanish author and journalist, Elvira Lindo.
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February 7, 2025
3.5, tiene varios aspectos positivos, se lee rápido y son relatos bastante cortos y divertidos, pero sin más, no creo que lo vuelva a leer por voluntad propia.
February 15, 2025
Que el autor es un pedante? Sí.
Que tiene una forma muy extraña de referirse a la rodilla femenina? También.
Lo siento mucho pero escribe muy bien sobre mi ciudad y la cabra al final tira al monte.
Que tiene una forma muy extraña de referirse a la rodilla femenina? También.
Lo siento mucho pero escribe muy bien sobre mi ciudad y la cabra al final tira al monte.
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December 16, 2015No sé si merece 4 estrellas ... desafortunadamente este libro es demasiado corto.
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