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Canción de tumba / Tomb Song [Spanish]
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La vida de Guadalupe Ch vez, prostituta enferma de leucemia, narrada con mucho amor y crudeza por su hijo escritor.
Premio Ja n de Novela 2011
Premio de Novela Elena Poniatowska 2012
En Canci n de tumba, el siglo XXI nos respira en la nuca con su aliento m s fiero. Novela descarnada, pero sabia y po tica en su crudeza, se mueve en la l nea de El desbarrancadero, de Fernando Vallejo. Creo que no hay en castellano nadie tan genialmente contempor neo como Juli n Herbert. -Laura Restrepo
Canci n de tumba narra la azarosa vida de Guadalupe Ch vez, prostituta y madre del narrador que, a lo largo del libro, se encamina hacia la muerte, v ctima de leucemia. La enfermedad de Guadalupe impone al protagonista un ejercicio autobiogr fico que lo llevar a sumergirse en su infancia y su juventud, al tiempo que indaga en la compleja relaci n con su madre, con sus propios hijos y con su pa s, M xico, asolado por la corrupci n, la violencia y la destrucci n. La novela de Juli n Herbert saca esqueletos del armario, crea una voz narrativa genuina y febril, dibuja un M xico desalmado poblado por personajes que ya forman parte de lo mejor de la literatura en espa ol. Canci n de tumba es poes a, m sica y una lectura inagotable. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The life of Guadalupe Ch vez, a prostitute dying of leukemia, narrated with both love and stark honesty by her writer son.
Winner of the Ja n Novel Prize 2011
Winner of the Elena Poniatowska Novel Prize 2012
In Tomb Song, the twenty-first century breathes down our neck with its fiercest breath. A raw yet wise and poetic novel, it moves along the same line as Fernando Vallejo's El desbarrancadero. I believe there is no one writing in Spanish today as brilliantly contemporary as Juli n Herbert. --Laura Restrepo
Tomb Song recounts the tumultuous life of Guadalupe Ch vez, a prostitute and the narrator's mother, who throughout the book approaches death as a victim of leukemia. Her illness forces the protagonist into an autobiographical reckoning that leads him through his childhood and youth, while he examines his complex relationship with his mother, with his own children, and with his country--Mexico--ravaged by corruption, violence, and decay. Juli n Herbert's novel drags skeletons out of the closet, creates a genuine and feverish narrative voice, and sketches a soulless Mexico inhabited by characters who already belong among the best in Spanish-language literature. Tomb Song is poetry, music, and an inexhaustible reading experience.
Premio Ja n de Novela 2011
Premio de Novela Elena Poniatowska 2012
En Canci n de tumba, el siglo XXI nos respira en la nuca con su aliento m s fiero. Novela descarnada, pero sabia y po tica en su crudeza, se mueve en la l nea de El desbarrancadero, de Fernando Vallejo. Creo que no hay en castellano nadie tan genialmente contempor neo como Juli n Herbert. -Laura Restrepo
Canci n de tumba narra la azarosa vida de Guadalupe Ch vez, prostituta y madre del narrador que, a lo largo del libro, se encamina hacia la muerte, v ctima de leucemia. La enfermedad de Guadalupe impone al protagonista un ejercicio autobiogr fico que lo llevar a sumergirse en su infancia y su juventud, al tiempo que indaga en la compleja relaci n con su madre, con sus propios hijos y con su pa s, M xico, asolado por la corrupci n, la violencia y la destrucci n. La novela de Juli n Herbert saca esqueletos del armario, crea una voz narrativa genuina y febril, dibuja un M xico desalmado poblado por personajes que ya forman parte de lo mejor de la literatura en espa ol. Canci n de tumba es poes a, m sica y una lectura inagotable. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The life of Guadalupe Ch vez, a prostitute dying of leukemia, narrated with both love and stark honesty by her writer son.
Winner of the Ja n Novel Prize 2011
Winner of the Elena Poniatowska Novel Prize 2012
In Tomb Song, the twenty-first century breathes down our neck with its fiercest breath. A raw yet wise and poetic novel, it moves along the same line as Fernando Vallejo's El desbarrancadero. I believe there is no one writing in Spanish today as brilliantly contemporary as Juli n Herbert. --Laura Restrepo
Tomb Song recounts the tumultuous life of Guadalupe Ch vez, a prostitute and the narrator's mother, who throughout the book approaches death as a victim of leukemia. Her illness forces the protagonist into an autobiographical reckoning that leads him through his childhood and youth, while he examines his complex relationship with his mother, with his own children, and with his country--Mexico--ravaged by corruption, violence, and decay. Juli n Herbert's novel drags skeletons out of the closet, creates a genuine and feverish narrative voice, and sketches a soulless Mexico inhabited by characters who already belong among the best in Spanish-language literature. Tomb Song is poetry, music, and an inexhaustible reading experience.
Format:Paperback
Language:Spanish
ISBN:B0GB7VTPBW
ISBN13:9798890987532
Release Date:July 2026
Publisher:Prh Grupo Editorial
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.44 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.0" x 7.5"
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