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Javier Calvo

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Born
in Barcelona, Spain
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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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David Foster Wallace, Junot Díaz, Roberto Bolaño, Charles Dickens, Nar ...more

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May 2012


Also known as Javier Calvo Perales. Javier Calvo graduated in journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and studied comparative literature at Pompeu Fabra University. His first short-story compilation, Risas enlatadas (Canned Laughs, 2001), shows stylistic elements that differ extremely from those of contemporary Spanish narrative: sampling or movie snippets, manipulated quotes of other texts, compressed plots from other novels and an "open" conception of narration, taken from Free Cinema and the montage techniques of filmmakers such as Jean Eustache or John Cassavetes. Other influences, recognizable in this book are the English novel and the audiovisual world of cinema and television, with many of his short stories using the wor ...more

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Me complace invitaros a tod@s a las dos mesas redondas sobre traducción literaria que celebraremos con motivo de la publicación de mi ensayo El fantasma en el libro. Es una gran alegría poder contar con seis insignes colegas de profesión para debatir sobre el panorama actual de la traducción literaria, la Historia que nos ha llevado a él y su futuro. Solamente me apena no haber podido con

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“Y las vísceras, como todo el mundo sabe, son un mapa del universo.”
― Javier Calvo, Corona de flores
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“El aire del Mediterráneo me limpiará de todo este condenado polvo de Londres.”
― Javier Calvo, Los ríos perdidos de Londres
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message 1: by Michaelangelo
May 12, 2012 07:55AM

Michaelangelo Barnez Estimado Javier... Encantado de poder compartir esta amistad. Te invito a leer una de mis recientes narraciones breves. Espero que sea de tu gusto literario. http://wp.me/ptDvW-bj
Saludos
PS: I also have some post, in english, righ here in Goodreads.


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