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Este nuevo libro de material inédito no es una mera antología de papeles encontrados en los cajones luego de que el inefable Roberto Fontanarrosa saliera de gira por el universo. Es, lisa y llanamente, una cédula de identidad, un relicario para colgar de una cadenita, un magnífico caleidoscopio donde todas y cada una de las distintas facetas del Negro se hacen presentes para saber quién fue, quién es y quién será para siempre ese entrañable creador que mostró, como nadie, el verdadero ser nacional. Incorrecto hasta en los espacios en blanco, por aquí desfila su desembarco en Hortensia, una memorable foto con los colegas, las razones más profundas de su enjundia "canalla", los recuerdos más insólitos de su infancia, los secretos mejor guardados de su adolescencia, sus inapetencias culinarias y hasta poemas. Sí, poemas. En suma, el 100% Negro de este Negro.
209 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 1, 2023
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About the author
Roberto Fontanarrosa
175 books150 followers "People would say that I'm comic writer, at most, and that will be true. I don't care too much how people will define me as a writer. I don't want to be a Nobel laureate. It will be enough for me if anyone tells me 'I laughed my ass off with your book.'"
Fontanarrosa began his career writing and drawing comic strips and later branched out into writing narrative with short stories, especially about football (soccer). His better known strips are Inodoro Pereyra, featuring a gaucho and his talking dog Mendieta, and the hitman Boogie el Aceitoso (which came to life as a Dirty Harry parody).
Fontanarrosa went on to write three novels (Best Seller, El área 18 and La Gansada), and seven books of short comic stories (Los trenes matan a los autos, El mundo ha vivido equivocado, No sé si he sido claro, Nada del otro mundo, El mayor de mis defectos, Uno nunca sabe and La mesa de los galanes). There are also a number of book compilations of his newspapers' strips.
His work has been seen in different Latin American newspapers including Argentine Clarín, Colombian El tiempo, Uruguayan La República, and Mexican magazine Proceso. In 1977 he was approached by Les Luthiers (the famous Argentine humour/music group), who wanted him to collaborate on a script they were writing for a film starring the six group members; the film never bore fruit, but he instead became a creative partner, often writing jokes and situations for them, and most of their shows from 1979 onwards feature his input alongside Les Luthiers'.
In November, 2007 a posthumous work of Fontanarrosa was made public. The script of the animated film Fierro was co-written by Fontanarrosa and the characters designs came also from him.
[edit] Illness
In 2003 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and was bound to a wheelchair. He continued to work, and participated in the meetings of the Third International Congress of the Spanish Language, in 2004, where he gave a humorous lecture about taboo words and the final speech. On 26 April 2006 the Senate awarded him the Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Mention of Honour for his career and his contribution to Argentine culture.
In January 18, 2007 he announced that he would be no longer drawing his own strips because he had lost full control of his hand, but stated that he would go on writing the scripts for his characters.
On 19 July 2007, Fontanarrosa suffered a respiratory failure, and was taken to a hospital. He died there about one hour later. His funeral service and the funeral procession on the next day were attended by thousands of common citizens, writers, actors, and political authorities. The procession stopped beside the Gigante de Arroyito stadium (home of Rosario Central, a team of which Fontanarrosa was possibly its most notable fan) and then continued north to the neighbouring city of Granadero Baigorria, where Fontanarrosa was buried at the Parque de la Eternidad cemetery.
The main national news services and printed media of Argentina devoted special segments to Fontanarrosa's legacy and to the funeral service. The national government declared a Mourning Day for National Culture, and the municipal government of Rosario ordered flags to be flown at half mast.
Fontanarrosa began his career writing and drawing comic strips and later branched out into writing narrative with short stories, especially about football (soccer). His better known strips are Inodoro Pereyra, featuring a gaucho and his talking dog Mendieta, and the hitman Boogie el Aceitoso (which came to life as a Dirty Harry parody).
Fontanarrosa went on to write three novels (Best Seller, El área 18 and La Gansada), and seven books of short comic stories (Los trenes matan a los autos, El mundo ha vivido equivocado, No sé si he sido claro, Nada del otro mundo, El mayor de mis defectos, Uno nunca sabe and La mesa de los galanes). There are also a number of book compilations of his newspapers' strips.
His work has been seen in different Latin American newspapers including Argentine Clarín, Colombian El tiempo, Uruguayan La República, and Mexican magazine Proceso. In 1977 he was approached by Les Luthiers (the famous Argentine humour/music group), who wanted him to collaborate on a script they were writing for a film starring the six group members; the film never bore fruit, but he instead became a creative partner, often writing jokes and situations for them, and most of their shows from 1979 onwards feature his input alongside Les Luthiers'.
In November, 2007 a posthumous work of Fontanarrosa was made public. The script of the animated film Fierro was co-written by Fontanarrosa and the characters designs came also from him.
[edit] Illness
In 2003 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and was bound to a wheelchair. He continued to work, and participated in the meetings of the Third International Congress of the Spanish Language, in 2004, where he gave a humorous lecture about taboo words and the final speech. On 26 April 2006 the Senate awarded him the Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Mention of Honour for his career and his contribution to Argentine culture.
In January 18, 2007 he announced that he would be no longer drawing his own strips because he had lost full control of his hand, but stated that he would go on writing the scripts for his characters.
On 19 July 2007, Fontanarrosa suffered a respiratory failure, and was taken to a hospital. He died there about one hour later. His funeral service and the funeral procession on the next day were attended by thousands of common citizens, writers, actors, and political authorities. The procession stopped beside the Gigante de Arroyito stadium (home of Rosario Central, a team of which Fontanarrosa was possibly its most notable fan) and then continued north to the neighbouring city of Granadero Baigorria, where Fontanarrosa was buried at the Parque de la Eternidad cemetery.
The main national news services and printed media of Argentina devoted special segments to Fontanarrosa's legacy and to the funeral service. The national government declared a Mourning Day for National Culture, and the municipal government of Rosario ordered flags to be flown at half mast.
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May 5, 2023
Excelente. Se lee muy rápido, cuentos cortos con el fino y popular humor del Negro. El Pedo es un elogio al impopular y denigrante flato, víctima de injusticias cuando es tan rico idiomaticamente... aunque sus vestigios residuales en tl mundo físico sean desagradables.
Vierte una curiosa teoría de por qué Rosario es cuna de grandes artistas e intelectuales como Fito Páez, Alberto Olmedo y él mismo, aunque claro, no se nombra a sí mismo: porque la ciudad no tiene ríos ni montañas ni paisajes deslumbrantes que hagan que la gente se entretenga por las tardes a contemplar y, por lo tanto, se dispone de más tiempo para practicar su arte. Y así el músico compone y crea sin molestias de que nadie le toque el timbre para invitarlo a pescar al río, por ejemplo. Brillante.
Un libro para disfrutar.
Vierte una curiosa teoría de por qué Rosario es cuna de grandes artistas e intelectuales como Fito Páez, Alberto Olmedo y él mismo, aunque claro, no se nombra a sí mismo: porque la ciudad no tiene ríos ni montañas ni paisajes deslumbrantes que hagan que la gente se entretenga por las tardes a contemplar y, por lo tanto, se dispone de más tiempo para practicar su arte. Y así el músico compone y crea sin molestias de que nadie le toque el timbre para invitarlo a pescar al río, por ejemplo. Brillante.
Un libro para disfrutar.
November 13, 2023
Me maté de risa con "Sushi", luego hay un par de cuentos graciosos pero la mayoría me resultaron aburridos. Los cuentos ineditos a veces se mantienen así por una razón. No es el mejor libro del negro Fontanarrosa.
January 17, 2025
destaco: ¡No te enloquesá, Lalita!; Después querían; Dios es argentino (siete reflexiones sobre el Ser Nacional); La publicidad; y...
Cosas que te deseo: "que te acuerdes de mí casi al descuido, que te despiertes un mañana muy contenta, que comas mandarinas a la siesta"
Cosas que te deseo: "que te acuerdes de mí casi al descuido, que te despiertes un mañana muy contenta, que comas mandarinas a la siesta"
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