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La doble vida de Jesús
2014
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El síndico Jesús Pastrana es uno de esos raros funcionarios que sirven a la ciudadanía en vez de utilizar sus puestos como como trampolín político o instrumento de lucro. Padre ejemplar, administrador eficiente, perseguidor intachable de la venalidad en todas sus formas, jamás ha buscado el relumbrón mediático, a pesar de merecerlo sobradamente�. ¿Cuánto conoces Cuernavaca?, ciudad de la eterna primavera, ciudad preferida de virreyes, políticos y empresarios, lugar de fin de semana de tantos capitalinos. En esa ciudad de altas bardas y espléndidos jardines, de exclusivas residencias y aparente calma, se desarrolla la nueva novela de Enrique Serna, La doble vida de Jesús. En La doble vida de Jesús, nadie se salva, ni Obdulio Narváez, gobernador de Morelos, ni Anibal Medrano, alcalde de Cuernavaca, ni César Larios, presidente del comité directivo estatal del PAD. Siguiendo la pauta de sus tres primeras novelas, Señorita México, Uno soñaba que era rey y El miedo a los animales, Enrique Serna, con su coloquial estilo de voces naturales y verosímiles, presenta un retrato de nuestra realidad, políticos que pactan con el narco, �entrega� de alcaldías a candidatos de otros partidos, video escándalos, autodefensas, secuestros y amenazas. �Si no estás conmigo, estás contra Dios�, le dicen a Jesús en plena campaña.

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Enrique Serna
Enrique Serna
Author · 16 books

Mexican author and screenwriter. He is the author of two collections of short stories. The first one, Amores de segunda mano (Second hand loves) is widely regarded as a milestone in the genre. His third novel, El miedo a los animales (Fear of animals), is a crime thriller which portrays the Mexican literary establishment to be as corrupt and hypocritical as the police force, particularly the Mexican Judicial police. This led to a great deal of resentment from the literary establishment, and gave him a wide array of attention. Recently, he has shifted the scope of his writing from the black humor and irony that characterized him to historical novels. Enrique Serna is widely regarded as one of the most important Mexican writers of the past recent years. He is widely acknowledged as one of the masters of Mexican literary orality, especially for his use of different social dialects of Mexico City in his novels, particularly in Uno soñaba que era rey. In 2000, Serna won the Premio Mazatlán de Literatura for his historical novel on Antonio López de Santa Anna. In 2005, he was also nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his story "Eufemia."

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