by Paco Ignacio Taibo II · Métailié · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782864243960
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«Archanges» is a collection of twelve short stories by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, published by Métailié in paperback (339 pages, in French).
«Archanges» brings together twelve stories of revolutionaries marked by utopia: characters who try to transform the world and clash against a revolution that never quite becomes possible. Paco Ignacio Taibo II combines individual portraiture with the backdrop of social struggles, in stories where the ideal and defeat coexist.
This French edition, published on August 31, 2001, is translated from Mexican Spanish. It measures 21 x 14 cm and weighs 350 g.
Aimed at readers interested in twentieth-century revolutionary movements, in the narrative of Paco Ignacio Taibo II and in social struggle.
Paco Ignacio Taibo II, also known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT is a Spanish-Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City. He is most widely known as the founder of the neopolicial genre of novel in Latin America and is also a prominent member of the international crime writing community. His Spanish language work has won numerous awards including two Latin American Dashiell Hammett Prizes. In 2018, Taibo was appointed as head of the Fondo de Cultura Económica by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
