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Cuentos a la intemperie
Madrid. 21 cm. 207 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial. Colección 'Club', numero coleccion(8). Millás, Juan José 1946-. Cuentos a la intemperie .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 8448301927
207 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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Juan José Millás
97 books1,243 followersJuan José Millás is a Spanish writer and winner of the 1990 Premio Nadal. He was born in Valencia and has spent most of his life in Madrid where he studied Philosophy and Literature at the Universidad Complutense.
His first novel was influenced by Julio Cortázar and consequently shows the influence of the then-prevalent literary experimentalism, as well as the uncertainty of a fledgling author. Although very original, his second book, Cerbero son las sombras (1975), obtained the Premio Sésamo and received a positive critical response.
Thanks to an enthusiastic member of the judges panel for the Premio Sésamo, Juan García Hortelano, he was able to publish Visión del ahogado (1977) and El jardín vacío (The empty garden) (1981) with the prestigious publisher Alfaguara. But his most popular novel was Papel mojado (1983), an assignment for a publisher of young adult literature that was a commercial success and continues to sell well. Simultaneously, he began to publish articles in the Spanish press with great success, so he left the employment of the Iberian press and now makes a living as a journalist and author.
In his numerous works, which are mostly psychological and introspective, any daily fact can become a fantastic event. He created his own personal literary genre, the articuento, in which an everyday story is transformed into a fantasy that allows the reader to see reality more critically. His weekly columns in El País have generated a great number of followers who appreciate the subtlety and originality of his point of view in dealing with current events, as well as his commitment to social justice and the quality of his writing. On the program La Ventana, on the channel Ser, he has a time slot (Fridays at 4:00) in which he encourages viewers to send short accounts about words from the dictionary. Currently, he is constructing a glossary, within which these accounts have a large role. His works have been translated into 23 languages, among them: English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch. In his 2006 novel, titled Laura y Julio, we find his principal obsessions expressed: the problem of identity, symmetry, other inhabitable spaces within our space, love, fidelity, and jealousy.
His first novel was influenced by Julio Cortázar and consequently shows the influence of the then-prevalent literary experimentalism, as well as the uncertainty of a fledgling author. Although very original, his second book, Cerbero son las sombras (1975), obtained the Premio Sésamo and received a positive critical response.
Thanks to an enthusiastic member of the judges panel for the Premio Sésamo, Juan García Hortelano, he was able to publish Visión del ahogado (1977) and El jardín vacío (The empty garden) (1981) with the prestigious publisher Alfaguara. But his most popular novel was Papel mojado (1983), an assignment for a publisher of young adult literature that was a commercial success and continues to sell well. Simultaneously, he began to publish articles in the Spanish press with great success, so he left the employment of the Iberian press and now makes a living as a journalist and author.
In his numerous works, which are mostly psychological and introspective, any daily fact can become a fantastic event. He created his own personal literary genre, the articuento, in which an everyday story is transformed into a fantasy that allows the reader to see reality more critically. His weekly columns in El País have generated a great number of followers who appreciate the subtlety and originality of his point of view in dealing with current events, as well as his commitment to social justice and the quality of his writing. On the program La Ventana, on the channel Ser, he has a time slot (Fridays at 4:00) in which he encourages viewers to send short accounts about words from the dictionary. Currently, he is constructing a glossary, within which these accounts have a large role. His works have been translated into 23 languages, among them: English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch. In his 2006 novel, titled Laura y Julio, we find his principal obsessions expressed: the problem of identity, symmetry, other inhabitable spaces within our space, love, fidelity, and jealousy.
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October 9, 2014
En una de las Ferias del Libro que se realizan en Santiago de Chile, por el año 2008-2009, encontré este libro por casualidad, y lo compré porque estaba barato. Nunca me imaginé que se convertiría en uno de mis favoritos.
Al ir avanzando en las páginas, me iba sumergiendo en un mundo totalmente normal, con relatos de la vida diaria, pero que tenían algo de fantástico: Millás me hizo ver las cosas desde otro punto de vista, y expandiendo mi imaginación.
Totalmente recomendable, es un libro que se puede leer en trayectos cortos, como argos, y que captura la atención del lector.
Al ir avanzando en las páginas, me iba sumergiendo en un mundo totalmente normal, con relatos de la vida diaria, pero que tenían algo de fantástico: Millás me hizo ver las cosas desde otro punto de vista, y expandiendo mi imaginación.
Totalmente recomendable, es un libro que se puede leer en trayectos cortos, como argos, y que captura la atención del lector.
July 4, 2013
Un conjunto de microrrelatos muy bien ideados protagonizados por personajes muy normales en situaciones que van desde lo más común hasta lo más raro. ¡Qué mente más genial tiene Millás! :D
August 10, 2018
Me ha gustado la estructuración temática del libro, aunque la calidad de los relatos era muy dispar.
April 19, 2020
Últimamente siempre que leo a Millás me parece que leo lo mismo. Es una experiencia monótona, latosa y, por tanto, carente de cualquier atisbo de fascinación por mi parte, que se ha multiplicado al enfrentarme a esta colección de relatos.
January 6, 2025
Fantasía cotidiana
February 10, 2025
Como la vida misma, en el entorno siempre gratificante de la ciudad de Madrid
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