El fantasma y el poeta

by Carmen Boullosa

Stories featuring such actual literary and historical figures as Rubâen Darâio and Octavio Paz engaging in situations which never occurred in their lives explore the relationship between reality and fiction and the role of storytelling.

132 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

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.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Scarlet Cameo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Con sus altos y bajos, pero en general 👍

-RTC-

[El Zuco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice to read NYC through literatura mexicana

[Arami · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unexpected twists and humor bordering, and often crossing into, a very maximalist absurd. A play on literature and expected memes. Smart. More insightful than the light, off-hand tone would suggest at first pass.