Cerca del fuego muestra a un Jos Agustn en posesin de un estilo exacto y ardiente. En estas pginas los lectores asistimos al conocimiento que el autor posee del ser humano y de sus rincones insondables. Es sta una obra ambiciosa y personal, donde la bsqueda conduce hacia las profundidades del ser y hacia un afuera escalofriante. En palabras del autor, "mi mejor libro". He aqu una historia en la que no hay lugar para las concesiones, un libro nacido de la realidad ms inhspita, sobre el que Jos Agustn asegura: "El 14 de febrero de 1978 la noticia principal del Rocky Mountain News deca que un ex soldado esperaba un camin en una esquina, cuando comprendi que no saba de dnde vena ni a dnde iba. Lo nico que recordaba era que haba salido del aeropuerto de Miami para visitar a su hermano. En el autobs pregunt la fecha y comprendi que haba olvidado los ltimos seis aos de su vida. Se aterr. Entr en un hospital del ejrcito y se intern. Los psiquiatras determinaron que su amnesia era genuina. Cuando le esta noticia supe que all estaba el tema de Cerca del fuego. Una amnesia sexenal le vena muy bien a Mxico, pues la padece desde 1940, y a mi personaje, quien tendra que enfrentarse a lo desconocido para recuperar la memoria". ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An ambitious and personal work where the character's eventful search leads him to know himself and, at the same time, Mexico City's awful reality.
Near the Fire depicts Jose Agustin exercising an accurate and ardent style. Within these pages, we readers witness the author's knowledge of human beings and their inscrutable depths. This is an ambitious and personal work where the quest leads to the innermost being and towards a frightening exterior. In the author's own words, "my best book." Here is a story with no room for compromise, a book born out of the most inhospitable reality, about which Jose Agustin states: "On February 14, 1978, the Rocky Mountain News front page read that a former soldier was standing on a corner, waiting for the bus, when he suddenly realized he didn't know where he came from or where he was headed. The only thing he remembered was that he had left the Miami airport to visit his brother. On the bus, he asked for the date and realized he had forgotten the last six years of his life. He was terrified. He walked into an army hospital and admitted himself. The psychiatrists determined his amnesia was genuine. When I read this article, I knew that was the plot for Near the Fire. A six-year amnesia suited Mexico really well--the country has had amnesia since 1940--and it suited my character also, who would have to face the unknown to get his memories back."
Cerca del fuego muestra a un Jos Agustn en posesin de un estilo exacto y ardiente. En estas pginas los lectores asistimos al conocimiento que el autor posee del ser humano y de sus rincones insondables. Es sta una obra ambiciosa y personal, donde la bsqueda conduce hacia las profundidades del ser y hacia un afuera escalofriante. En palabras del autor, "mi mejor libro". He aqu una historia en la que no hay lugar para las concesiones, un libro nacido de la realidad ms inhspita, sobre el que Jos Agustn asegura: "El 14 de febrero de 1978 la noticia principal del Rocky Mountain News deca que un ex soldado esperaba un camin en una esquina, cuando comprendi que no saba de dnde vena ni a dnde iba. Lo nico que recordaba era que haba salido del aeropuerto de Miami para visitar a su hermano. En el autobs pregunt la fecha y comprendi que haba olvidado los ltimos seis aos de su vida. Se aterr. Entr en un hospital del ejrcito y se intern. Los psiquiatras determinaron que su amnesia era genuina. Cuando le esta noticia supe que all estaba el tema de Cerca del fuego. Una amnesia sexenal le vena muy bien a Mxico, pues la padece desde 1940, y a mi personaje, quien tendra que enfrentarse a lo desconocido para recuperar la memoria". ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An ambitious and personal work where the character's eventful search leads him to know himself and, at the same time, Mexico City's awful reality.
Near the Fire depicts Jose Agustin exercising an accurate and ardent style. Within these pages, we readers witness the author's knowledge of human beings and their inscrutable depths. This is an ambitious and personal work where the quest leads to the innermost being and towards a frightening exterior. In the author's own words, "my best book." Here is a story with no room for compromise, a book born out of the most inhospitable reality, about which Jose Agustin states: "On February 14, 1978, the Rocky Mountain News front page read that a former soldier was standing on a corner, waiting for the bus, when he suddenly realized he didn't know where he came from or where he was headed. The only thing he remembered was that he had left the Miami airport to visit his brother. On the bus, he asked for the date and realized he had forgotten the last six years of his life. He was terrified. He walked into an army hospital and admitted himself. The psychiatrists determined his amnesia was genuine. When I read this article, I knew that was the plot for Near the Fire. A six-year amnesia suited Mexico really well--the country has had amnesia since 1940--and it suited my character also, who would have to face the unknown to get his memories back."
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