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Negar todo y otros cuentos
Negar todo y otros cuentos es la última recopilación de relatos inéditos del gran humorista rosarino Roberto Fontanarrosa.
En este libro, Fontanarrosa vuelve a hablar de fútbol, de su Rosario natal, a la que le atribuye la invención de la picada, de la cotidianidad porteña. Lo hace a través de cuentos como El Pampa, El hombre elefante, Lunfardía y Mamá Susana. Y lo hace con el estilo coloquial y sencillo de siempre: no faltan las mesas del bar El Cairo, epicentro de su vida rosarina junto a sus amigos, los galanes, ni las conversaciones masculinas con una pelota como centro del universo.
En este libro, Fontanarrosa vuelve a hablar de fútbol, de su Rosario natal, a la que le atribuye la invención de la picada, de la cotidianidad porteña. Lo hace a través de cuentos como El Pampa, El hombre elefante, Lunfardía y Mamá Susana. Y lo hace con el estilo coloquial y sencillo de siempre: no faltan las mesas del bar El Cairo, epicentro de su vida rosarina junto a sus amigos, los galanes, ni las conversaciones masculinas con una pelota como centro del universo.
- GenresHumor
288 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2013
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About the author
Roberto Fontanarrosa
175 books153 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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October 14, 2018
Cualquier texto o dibujo del Negro Fontanarrosa tiene como mínimo una califiación de 3 estrellas, aún sin haberla leído o mirado.
Este último libro de cuentos es un auténtico Fontanarrosa y da lo que promete: cuentos clásicos del Negro. Algunos de mis preferidos fueron: Lunfardía, Perro en consorcio, Propiedades de la magia, Negar todo y Teoría de la belleza (más que nada por ser la última reunión de los Galanes).
Acá viene la parte de "se te va a extrañar, Negro", pero por suerte dejó bastantes cosas hechas como para que no. Una vez llegado al final, sólo queda volver a comenzar.
Este último libro de cuentos es un auténtico Fontanarrosa y da lo que promete: cuentos clásicos del Negro. Algunos de mis preferidos fueron: Lunfardía, Perro en consorcio, Propiedades de la magia, Negar todo y Teoría de la belleza (más que nada por ser la última reunión de los Galanes).
Acá viene la parte de "se te va a extrañar, Negro", pero por suerte dejó bastantes cosas hechas como para que no. Una vez llegado al final, sólo queda volver a comenzar.
January 1, 2024
Otro de los numerosos libros de cuentos que publico Fontanarrosa, con la salvedad que este no logro verlo publicado, murió antes. Y después de hacer un gran esfuerzo, porque el solía entregar sus proyectos cuentísticos, con una media de ente 20/25 cuentos, y la enfermedad que lo termino matando hizo que ese esfuerzo sea titánico. Pero igual tardo mucho más en editarse porque a su muerte se desato una batalla legal entre sus herederos.
Lo impresionante es que estos cuentos tengan la misma calidad que el de sus libros anteriores, ya que los escribió ya transitando su enfermedad degenerativa.
Como sabrán los que ya lo leyeron sus otros libros, hay humor como siempre, y esa mezcla de erudición y lenguaje popular que tan bien le sale, llamativamente no hay tanto de futbol, pero aun así el negro no defrauda.
Lo impresionante es que estos cuentos tengan la misma calidad que el de sus libros anteriores, ya que los escribió ya transitando su enfermedad degenerativa.
Como sabrán los que ya lo leyeron sus otros libros, hay humor como siempre, y esa mezcla de erudición y lenguaje popular que tan bien le sale, llamativamente no hay tanto de futbol, pero aun así el negro no defrauda.
May 15, 2023
Brillante, gracioso, especialmente inspirado, o más de lo mismo de siempre, pero casi todo funciona de mil maravillas en este libro. Extraño cuento es La Isla, que no tiene mucho de gracioso que digamos, más bien un tema geopolítico dark. De antología son Negar Todo (brillante) y Feliz Cumpleaños.
November 8, 2023
Que decir de un libro del querido Negro.
Increíblemente increíble
Increíblemente increíble
March 6, 2025
perro de consorcio súper gracioso
May 20, 2016
4,5 de 5 estrellas para ¿el último? libro del El Negro (En estos tiempos modernos nunca se sabe). Muy parejo a toda su obra en general, sin inventar nada te hace cagar de risa... lo que él quería que hagamos al leerlo.
September 4, 2013
Muy bueno, lleno de humor, ese humor que caracterizaba a esta persona tan especial.
July 15, 2016
Los últimos cuentos escritos por el inolvidable Negro Fontanarrosa. Todo su humor e ironía para una digna despedida. Hasta siempre, Maestro
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