by Juan José Arreola · LIBRAIRIE DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402067456
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Confabulario personal is a collection of short stories by the Mexican writer Juan José Arreola, first published in 1952. The stories explore themes such as solitude, lack of communication, identity, and the human condition, through a poetic and symbolic language. This Bruguera edition, belonging to the Narradores de Hoy collection, presents a selection of Arreola's best stories, offering a deep and reflective vision of reality.
Juan José Arreola Zúñiga was a Mexican writer, academic, and actor. He is considered Mexico's premier experimental short story writer of the 20th century. Arreola is recognized as one of the first Latin American writers to abandon realism; he used elements of fantasy to underscore existentialist and absurdist ideas in his work. Although he is little known outside Mexico, Arreola has served as the literary inspiration for a legion of Mexican writers who have sought to transform their country's realistic literary tradition by introducing elements of magical realism, satire, and allegory. Alongside Jorge Luis Borges, he is considered one of the masters of the hybrid subgenre of the essay-story. Arreola is primarily known for his short stories and he only published one novel, La feria.
