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La Purga
Una de las novelas más originales y divertidas de Filloy, yal mismo tiempo una de sus obras más secretas. Escrita en 1977, fue publicada recién en 1992. Su trama se centra en un congreso internacional de pintura organizado por un tirano omnipotente con la intención de aniquilar a los representantes del arte moderno y retrotraer la pintura a los cánones delrenacimiento. Desopilante y erudita, hace un registro exhaustivo de las estéticas de vanguardia y al mismo tiempo denuncia un autoritarismo supuestamente ilustrado que deriva en crimen. Pró Alfredo Prior.
250 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2004
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Juan Filloy
28 books33 followersJuan Filloy (1 August 1894 – July 15, 2000) was an Argentinian writer. At various times, he was also a swimmer and a boxing referee. He spoke seven languages. Most of his life was spent in Rio Cuarto, south of Córdoba, where he served as a judge.
He received many honors and awards during his lifetime, including a nomination for the Nobel Prize. He wrote 55 novels, all of which were given titles with seven letters: "Caterva", "¡Estafen!", "Aquende", "La Purga", "Metopas", "Periplo", "Sexamor", "Tal Cual" and "Zodíaco" are among the best known. He also composed over 6,000 palindromes and coined words which have passed into general usage.
He was friends with (and influenced) Julio Cortázar and Jorge Luis Borges. He was also an acquaintance of Sigmund Freud. He died of natural causes while sleeping, shortly before his 106th birthday. He often said that he wanted to live in three centuries. His burial place is in the "Cementerio San Jerónimo" in Córdoba, Argentina.
He received many honors and awards during his lifetime, including a nomination for the Nobel Prize. He wrote 55 novels, all of which were given titles with seven letters: "Caterva", "¡Estafen!", "Aquende", "La Purga", "Metopas", "Periplo", "Sexamor", "Tal Cual" and "Zodíaco" are among the best known. He also composed over 6,000 palindromes and coined words which have passed into general usage.
He was friends with (and influenced) Julio Cortázar and Jorge Luis Borges. He was also an acquaintance of Sigmund Freud. He died of natural causes while sleeping, shortly before his 106th birthday. He often said that he wanted to live in three centuries. His burial place is in the "Cementerio San Jerónimo" in Córdoba, Argentina.
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