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Estas Ruinas Que Ves (Novela) / These Ruins That You See (a Novel)
Paperback
Publisher Price: $11.95
ISBN13: 9786070763304
Publisher: Planeta Publishing
Published: Jun 24 2025
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.50 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.40
Language: Spanish
Estas ruinas que ves, novela ganadora del Premio Internacional de Novela México 1974.
El narrador de esta novela regresa a dar clases en la universidad de su natal Cuévano después de muchos años de haber vivido en la capital. Su relato, entre la nostalgia y la ironÃa, es la evocación de un intelectual de pueblo , con sus fiestas y dÃas de campo, los pleitos de cantina y la relación con inquietantes mujeres. Estas ruinas que ves es una magnÃfica muestra de la capacidad de Jorge Ibargüengoitia para retratar la vida cotidiana con una claridad única.
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Estas ruinas que ves, winner of the 1974 Mexico International Novel Prize.
The narrator of this novel returns to teach at the university in his hometown of Cuévano after many years of living in the capital. His story, filled with nostalgia and irony, evokes the life of a small-town intellectual, with its parties and picnics, bar fights, and relationships with intriguing women. Estas ruinas que ves is a magnificent showcase of Jorge Ibargüengoitia's ability to portray everyday life with unique clarity.
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