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Un pedazo de nuestras vidas se condensa en este álbum, seleccionado y comentado por Juan José Millás. Son 31 fotografías que nos miran y nos leen, 31 momentos para exclamar, según nuestro estado de á el mundo es un desastre, el mundo parece una novela, viva el fracaso, las dudas curan, somos fetichistas, no tenemos respuestas para todo y... todo son preguntas. Las que nos asaltan, en efecto, a partir de los detalles minúsculos que cada fotografía encierra y no hemos sabido percibir. De ellas saca Juan José Millás una punta afiladísima que se convierte en toda una revelación, en un universo nuevo en el que cada anécdota es elevada a categoría. Así, unos mofletes, unas facciones, un mechón, un rostro, unas manos, una sonrisa, unas lágrimas, una lengua o unos ojos son mucho más que gestos o rostros, son la manifestación de lo mejor y de lo peor de nosotros mismos, de todo aquello que se esconde detrás de cada fotografía, ni más ni menos que un buen pedazo de nuestras vidas. LA FOTO NO ES UNA MERA MANCHA PARA DESCANSAR LA VISTA; ES INFORMACIÓN PURA Y DURA Y CON EL TIEMPO, COMO DEMUESTRAN ALGUNAS DE LAS QUE HAY DENTRO DE ESTE LIBRO, SE CONVIERTEN EN ICONOS DE UNA ÉPOCA. JUAN JOSÉ MILLÁS

146 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

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Juan José Millás

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Juan José Millás is a Spanish writer and winner of the 1990 Premio Nadal. He was born in Valencia and has spent most of his life in Madrid where he studied Philosophy and Literature at the Universidad Complutense.

His first novel was influenced by Julio Cortázar and consequently shows the influence of the then-prevalent literary experimentalism, as well as the uncertainty of a fledgling author. Although very original, his second book, Cerbero son las sombras (1975), obtained the Premio Sésamo and received a positive critical response.

Thanks to an enthusiastic member of the judges panel for the Premio Sésamo, Juan García Hortelano, he was able to publish Visión del ahogado (1977) and El jardín vacío (The empty garden) (1981) with the prestigious publisher Alfaguara. But his most popular novel was Papel mojado (1983), an assignment for a publisher of young adult literature that was a commercial success and continues to sell well. Simultaneously, he began to publish articles in the Spanish press with great success, so he left the employment of the Iberian press and now makes a living as a journalist and author.

In his numerous works, which are mostly psychological and introspective, any daily fact can become a fantastic event. He created his own personal literary genre, the articuento, in which an everyday story is transformed into a fantasy that allows the reader to see reality more critically. His weekly columns in El País have generated a great number of followers who appreciate the subtlety and originality of his point of view in dealing with current events, as well as his commitment to social justice and the quality of his writing. On the program La Ventana, on the channel Ser, he has a time slot (Fridays at 4:00) in which he encourages viewers to send short accounts about words from the dictionary. Currently, he is constructing a glossary, within which these accounts have a large role. His works have been translated into 23 languages, among them: English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch. In his 2006 novel, titled Laura y Julio, we find his principal obsessions expressed: the problem of identity, symmetry, other inhabitable spaces within our space, love, fidelity, and jealousy.

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Nunca seré imparcial con Millás. Le sigo, leo, escucho y admiro desde el día en que lo descubrí. Simplemente adoro a este hombre. Me encanta como escribe y me gusta su forma de pensar y cómo lo expresa. Este libro, primera edición de 2005, tiene una estructura aparentemente simple. Una foto en blanco y negro (un recorte de un periódico) y los pensamientos que surgen de esta cabeza privilegiada a la vista de la imagen. Especialmente evocadores los textos que acompañan a un padre y su hija abrazados y rodeados de escombros, el manifestante flotando en el aire de una calle en La Paz, la mujer con la máscara que cubre su rostro desfigurado, la joven sonriente con las manos en alto rodeada de cascos antidisturbios, Rosario llorando tras ser desahuciada, las vías intactas sobre las que quedaron desperdigados los cuerpos agonizantes o sin vida de las víctimas del 11M, la mirada penetrante de Juan Pablo II o la mujer mascando una piel de camello. Una lectura tan rápida o tan lenta como tengáis ganas de dedicarle
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