Infancia e invención

by Carmen Boullosa

En los relatos de Infancia e invención , el primero de los volúmenes que compendia la obra novelística de Carmen Boullosa, el viaje a la niñez simboliza más que un retorno al origen. En Antes y Treinta años , tenemos el inquietante umbral hacia el mundo adulto en una mirada inocente, que en Mejor desaparece adquiere tintes de pesadilla. En La novela perfecta, Así pensó el niño y La milagrosa opera la noción mágica del mundo que es privilegio de la infancia. Y en Texas , la invención con rigor documental alienta la crítica impermeable a los dictados de la historia oficial.

952 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2018

About the author

Carmen Boullosa (b. September 4, 1954 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a leading Mexican poet, novelist and playwright. Her work is eclectic and difficult to categorize, but it generally focuses on the issues of feminism and gender roles within a Latin American context. Her work has been praised by a number of prominent writers, including Carlos Fuentes, Alma Guillermoprieto and Elena Poniatowska, as well as publications such as Publishers Weekly. She has won a number of awards for her works, and has taught at universities such as Georgetown University, Columbia University and New York University (NYU), as well as at universities in nearly a dozen other countries. She is currently Distinguished Lecturer at the City College of New York. She has two children -- Maria Aura and Juan Aura -- with her former partner, Alejandro Aura --and is now married to Mike Wallace, the Pulitzer Prize–winning co-author of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898.

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Reviews

[Jp Reyes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me costó muchísimo leerlo, es lento y creo que no debí adentrarse sin saber nada

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un libro que no explica la infancia: la recuerda como se siente.