El Hombre Que Inventó Manhattan / The Man Who Invented Manhattan
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ISBN10: 8420477281
ISBN13: 9788420477282
Publisher: Alfaguara
Published: Jan 6 2026
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.99 Depth: 9.38
Language: Spanish
ISBN13: 9788420477282
Publisher: Alfaguara
Published: Jan 6 2026
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.99 Depth: 9.38
Language: Spanish
Llega a Alfaguara el gran libro de historias de Nueva York de Ray Loriga, premio Alfaguara de novela 2017, cuando se cumplen veinte años de su primera publicación. El hombre que inventó Manhattan se llamaba en realidad Gerald Ulsrak, estaba casado y tenÃa dos hijas. O quizá sólo una. HabÃa nacido en un pequeño pueblo en las montañas de Rumania y siempre habÃa soñado con un sitio mejor, Manhattan, y un nombre distinto, Charlie. Trabajaba en el mantenimiento de un bloque de apartamentos y se repetÃa noche tras noche como un mantra que el siguiente serÃa un buen dÃa. La mañana de Año Nuevo de 2002 amaneció colgado de una viga del techo. Su suicidio pone en marcha la recreación por parte del narrador un inquilino del inmueble de un mundo en el que se mezclan la realidad y la ficción. A través de historias cortas, agudas como flechas, marcadas por los juegos de identidades, el humor irónico y unos personajes inolvidables, se erige una ciudad mÃtica: un Manhattan personal, exacto y al tiempo imaginado, teñido por toda la literatura y el cine que reflejan la ciudad de Nueva York. Cuando se cumplen veinte años de su publicación, llega a Alfaguara el gran libro de historias de Nueva York de Ray Loriga, ganador del Premio Alfaguara de novela 2017. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION On the twentieth anniversary of their first publication, Alfaguara offers this new edition of the New York stories of Ray Loriga, winner of the Alfaguara 2017 Novel Prize. The man who invented Manhattan was named Gerald Ulsrak. He was married and had two daughters. Or maybe just one. Born in a small town in the mountains of Romania, he dreamed of a better place, Manhattan, and a better name, Charlie. Night after night, after working all day at his job as a handyman in an apartment complex, he told himself, like a mantra, that tomorrow would be a good day. On the morning of New Year's Day, 2002, he hung himself from a roof beam. Ulsrak's suicide moves the narrator, a tenant of the apartment block, to craft this series of short stories that blend reality and fiction. Incisive and ironic, peopled by unforgettable characters with fluid identities, they depict a mythical city: a personal Manhattan, both accurate and imagined, influenced by the New York of literature and film. Twenty years after they were first published, Alfaguara offers this new edition of the New York stories of Ray Loriga, winner of the Premio Alfaguara de novela 2017.
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