This wonderful compilation of stories written by various Colombian authors brings to light issues on everyday life and trivial issues, and projects a new view of reality versus imagination. In general, a cannibalistic bite into young Colombian literature. Después de las grandes rabias y los hermosos errores / Luz Mary Giraldo—La última oportunidad / Sergio Alvarez—La magia del Joe Domínguez / Pedro Badrán Padauí — Gorgona / Juan Carlos Botero—María de mis sueños / Jorge Franco—Muy cerca del mar te escribo / Santiago Gamboa—Alexander Selkirk / Mario Mendoza—Jugar el juego / Luis Noriega—Avatares de un nuevo Judas / Edgar Ordóñez—La visita del condotiero / Enrique Serrano—Semejante a la vida / Ricardo Silva Romero—Kamandil Viarko (fragmento de una novela inédita) / Antonio Ungar—Lugares para esconderse / Juan Gabriel Vásquez.
Authors
Born at Bogotá, he studied literature at the Javerian University of Bogotá. He travelled to Spain where he remained until 1990 and graduated in Hispanic Philology at the University of Alcalá de Henares. He then moved to Paris, where he studied Cuban Literature at the Sorbonne. He made his debut as a novelist with Páginas de vuelta (1995), a work which established him as one of the most innovative voices of the new Colombian narrative; later he wrote Perder es cuestión de método (1997), which was internationally acclaimed, and has been translated into 17 lenguages, and about which a film is now being made, and Vida feliz de un joven llamado Esteban (2000), a novel which has added to his international prestige. He is the author of the travel book Octubre en Pekín (2001). As a journalist, he has been a contributor to the Latin American Service of Radio France International in Paris, a correspondent of El Tiempo of Bogotá, and columnist on the magazine Cromos. He is now residing in Rome.
Escritor colombiano nacido en Bogotá en 1964, Mario Mendoza es uno de los autores latinoamericanos más influyentes de la actualidad. Tras licenciarse en Letras, graduarse en Literatura Hispanoamericana y trabajar como pedagogo, Mendoza decidió iniciar su carrera literaria a partir de 1980, combinando la escritura con la docencia en literatura y la colaboración con diversos medios culturales. Su primera novela, La ciudad de los umbrales, fue publicada en 1992. Tan sólo dos años más tarde fue galardonado con el Premio Nacional de Literatura de Colombia por La travesía del vidente. Con otra de sus obras, Satanás, se hizo con el Premio Biblioteca Breve de la editorial Seix Barral en 2002. También destacan en su obra los libros dedicados al público infantil, en especial la saga El mensajero de Agartha.
Jorge Franco, born in Colombia, studied Film Direction at the London Film School and Literature at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. MALDITO AMOR was his first book of short stories and MALA NOCHE his first novel, both of which received prestigious national awards. ROSARIO TIJERAS, published in 1999, has enjoyed spectacular commercial success in Colombia and marked the breakthrough of one of the most promising writers of new Latin American narrative. It is the story of the love triangle between outlaw Rosario and two young men from Colombian high society. Terrorism, violence and narco-trafficking provide a fascinating background to the fast-paced plot. It has recently been made into a major feature film, taking the Colombian box-office by storm with more than 1.000.000 movie-goers flocking to the big-screen within only two weeks of opening. PARAÍSO TRAVEL (2002) solidly reaffirmed Jorge Franco’s reputation with the tale of a young Colombian couple who attempt to escape the widespread violence of their country of origin by fleeing to New York as illegal immigrants. MELODRAMA (2006) is yet another contemporary story of “Colombians abroad” in Paris. He made an important comeback with the novel EL MUNDO DE AFUERA, winner the Premio Alfaguara 2014. His last book EL CIELO A TIROS, published in September 2018, became a #1 best selling title in it's first week in bookstores. Gabriel García Márquez has said about Jorge Franco: “This is one of the Colombian authors I would like to pass the torch to”. Web site www.jorge-franco.com
Estudió Literatura en la Universidad Javeriana desde 1994 hasta 1998. En junio de 2000 recibió el título de Master en cine y televisión de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. En julio de 2000 se convirtió en el comentarista de cine de la revista Semana. En agosto de 2000 se convirtió en colaborador constante de la revista SoHo. Desde 2001 hasta 2009, se descubrió trabajando en textos breves para publicaciones como El Malpensante, Número, A+, Artifex, Cambio, Babelia, El Tiempo, Arcadia, Boletín Bibliográfico y Plan B. Ricardo Silva Romero es, hoy, columnista del diario El Tiempo, comentarista de cine de Semana, miembro del consejo editorial de Arcadia, redactor de la sección de televisión de SoHo y colaborador de la revista Credencial.
Escritor colombiano. Ha vivido en Bogotá, las selvas del Orinoco, México DF, Barcelona, Palestina y Manchester. Nieto del célebre librero Hans Ungar. Ha desempeñado todo tipo de oficios. Ha escrito cuentos, crónicas y novelas. Obtuvo el Premio Herralde con su novela Tres ataúdes blancos, una sátira sobre los gobiernos populistas y dictatoriales de latinoamérica. Colombian writer. He has lived in Bogota, the jungles of the Orinoco, Mexico City, Barcelona, Palestine and Manchester. Grandson of the famous bookseller Hans Ungar. He is jack-of-all-trades. He has written short stories, chronicles and novels. He won the Herralde Prize for his novel Tres ataúdes blancos, a satire on populist and dictatorial governments of Latin America.
