El Fracasador / The Failure [Spanish]

By David Betancourt

"Que nadie se confunda con esta mamadera de gallo -un libro de cuentos que sumados dan una novela salvaje- porque no es una autoficci n, sino una autos tira con vocaci n de autoexorcismo: una terapia de choque que emplea todas las formas de lucha, desde los pantallazos hasta los poemas que no tienen versos sino chistes, para liberarse de las frustraciones brutales que tiende a traer la carrera de escritor colombiano". --Ricardo Silva Romero

Exitoso para fracasar, excesivo con sus borracheras, excelente cocinero y trapeador, escritor desconocido..., el narrador de esta colecci n de cuentos ofrece una mirada fresca e hilarante sobre las aventuras y desventuras del mundillo literario y sobre c mo este no resulta ni tan sofisticado ni tan pomposo como se creer a. El protagonista fracasa en reemplazar a Garc a M rquez en M xico, fracasa como invitado a un festival literario, fracasa dando un aut grafo, fracasa como ganador de un premio literario, fracasa como protagonista de un esc ndalo, y fracasar a como escritor... si hubiera decidido no serlo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"Don't be fooled by appearances: This is a collection of stories that, taken together, add up to a wild ride of a novel. Not quite autofiction, it is self-satire aiming at self-exorcism. It is shock therapy that experiments with a range of formats, from screenshots to poems comprised of jokes instead of verses, to vent the frustrations of opting for a career as a writer in Colombia." -Ricardo Silva Romero

An expert at failure, a binge drinker, great cook and writer of books no one's heard of... the narrator of these stories offers a refreshing and hilarious look at the adventures and misadventures of life in the literary world, which turns out to be not as sophisticated or pompous as one might think. The protagonist fails to replace Garc a M rquez in Mexico, fails his guest appearance at a literary festival, fails at signing an autograph, fails as the winner of a literary prize, fails at scandal, and would fail as a writer... if he had decided not to be one.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 6287811099
• ISBN13: 9786287811096
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Literatura Random House
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.