La Vaga Ambición [Signed]

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Madrid: Páginas de Espuma, 2017. Primera edición. Large octavo with black and grey pictorial wraps; 118 pages; 24 cm. Near fine; slihgtest external rubbing. Paperback. ISBN: 9789 688678961"La vaga ambición -título que mereció el V Premio Ribera del Duero- propone la escritura como un método de resistencia y, a la vez, como una festiva elegía; Antonio Ortuño despoja de languidez a la autoficción literaria y la hace hervir de tragedia, ironía y vitalidad" // Contents: Un trago de aceite. El caballero de los espejos. Quinta temporada. Provocación repugnante. El príncipe con mil enemigos. La Batalla de Hastings. ... // La vaga ambición received the Premio Ribera del Duero de Narrativa Breve and Premio Nellie Campobello de Cuento Hispanoamericano "Antonio Ortuño (Guadalajara, 1976) is a Mexican novelist and short story writer.Ortuño is the author of the novels El buscador de cabezas (2006) and Recursos humanos (2007), finalist of the Herralde Prize. He also published the short story books El jardín japonés (2007) and La Señora Rojo (2010). In 2006 the newspaper Reforma named his debut novel El buscador de cabezas the best first novel of the year. His writing has been translated into English, French, Italian, German, Croatian, Romanian and Hungarian. Critics have praised his black humor, the agility and precision of his prose and his ability to explore the contradictions of his characters.In October 2010 the British magazine "Granta" included Ortuño in its list of the best young Spanish language writers, and the Mexican edition of the magazine "GQ" chose him as writer of the year.[3] In November 2010 his second book of short stories La Señora Rojo was published in Spain and Mexico. In 2017. he won the Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero." —WikipediaCuentos, Cuentos en español, Nouvelles, Nouvelles espagnoles, Short stories, Short stories, Spanish, short stories, Contents:, Un trago de aceite, El caballero de los espejos, Quinta temporada, Provocación repugnante, El príncipe con mil enemigos, La Batalla de Hastings Show more