Gente del mundo
1998
First Published
4.11
Average Rating
113
Number of Pages
Un historiador, Damac de Jeramow, se propone describir el ofrecer a la posteridad un libro erudito, y profusamente ilustrado, sobre los pueblos que lo habitan, su diversidad, sus costumbres y pensamientos. La falta de fondos, la mala suerte, los salteadores de caminos y el paso mismo del tiempo, que tantas cosas hunde en el olvido, impiden que complete su obra cumbre. Pero quedan los descripciones y viñetas de tiempos distantes, de lugares remotos, que a poco de ser leídas comienzan a parecer muy familiares. “[Uno] de los mejores libros publicados en castellano en 1998” La jornada semanal “Alberto Chimal [ha creado] otra entrada en esa enciclopedia de países imaginarios que han escrito Hugo Hiriart, Alberto Ruy Sánchez y Pablo Soler Frost, entre otros”. Christopher Domínguez Michael, Reforma “Pleno de imaginación y originalidad” Irving Ramírez, Ovaciones en la Cultura “Frente a la dispersión multitudinaria del siglo XX, Alberto Chimal escribe la inclusión del XXI. Por eso, al leer Gente del mundo estamos leyendo el inicio [del nuevo] siglo”. Carlos Morales, La Troje “Un estilo singular, un escritor verdadero” Agustín Monsreal, Cambiavía.
Avg Rating
4.11
Number of Ratings
96
5 STARS
39%
4 STARS
42%
3 STARS
15%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
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Author
Alberto Chimal
Author · 18 books
Born in Toluca, a small city in central Mexico, Chimal saw his first books published before he was twenty. Now he is critically well regarded as one of the most talented and original writers of his country, and has a faithful and growing audience for his work. Some of his books, stories and essays have been translated into a dozen languages. He has been featured in many anthologies both in Mexico and abroad, and is also a very busy and sought-after literature professor and creative writing teacher. He lives in Mexico City with his wife, writer Raquel Castro, and a cat. He has written novels, short stories, children's books, essays, creative writing primers and manuals, and movie scripts. In 2021, he was the first Mexican writer to pen a Batman story for DC Comics international anthology Batman:The World.
