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José Agustín

Born

in Acapulco, Mexico

August 19, 1944

Died

January 16, 2024

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

Juan José Arreola, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Vladimir Nabo ...more

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José Agustín Ramírez Gómez is a Mexican novelist.

Agustin's first novel, La Tumba (The Tomb) was the brief but provocative story of a Mexican upperclass teen, deemed indecent by the public but gathering praise from older writers. This and his most famous work, De Perfil (Profile view), a fast and detailed view of three days in the main character's life, show stylistic similarities to James Joyce's work, especially A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

He was considered a member of the so-called Onda literature, onda (wave) being slang for current and fashionable views in the eyes of young people.

A common technique in his work is mixing character's speech with narrative, without making any kind of distinction,(free indirect discourse). Thus ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 12,769 ratings · 1,358 reviews · 68 distinct works • Similar authors

	La tumba 3.67 avg rating — 4,858 ratings — published 1964 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ciudades desiertas 3.82 avg rating — 1,605 ratings — published 1982 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La panza del Tepozteco 3.60 avg rating — 1,226 ratings — published 1992 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De perfil 3.76 avg rating — 851 ratings — published 1966 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tragicomedia Mexicana 1: La vida en México de 1940 a 1976 4.13 avg rating — 508 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La contracultura en México 3.86 avg rating — 470 ratings — published 1996 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Se está haciendo tarde 3.89 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 1973 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vida Con Mi Viuda (Narradores Contemporaneos) 3.65 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tragicomedia Mexicana 2: La vida en México de 1976 a 1982 4.15 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dos Horas de Sol 3.57 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“La cárcel representa una de las peores derrotas que pueden ocurrir, pero precisamente por eso, por su radicalidad, se puede transmutar en un gran éxito.”
― José Agustín, El rock de la cárcel

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“«Nos fuimos a la cama y ahí, sin venir al caso, me aventó lo siguiente: ¿verdad que es muy hermoso nuestro señor Jesucristo?» (1992), «La reina del metro».”
― José Agustín, La miel derramada

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“Porque mi cabeza es un lío
Porque no hago nada
Porque no voy a ningún lado
Porque odio la vida
Porque realmente la odio
Porque no la puedo soportar
Porque no tengo amor
Porque no quiero amor
Porque los ruidos están en mí
Porque soy un good ol' estúpido
Sepan pues que moriré
Adiós adiós a todos
Y sigan mi ejemplo.”
― José Agustín

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