by Eduardo Caballero Calderón · Del Viento · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788415374824
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In 1965, 'El buen salvaje' won the Nadal Prize unanimously by the jury, an event that had only occurred once before in the contest's twenty-year history. The novel, written by a Colombian author residing in Madrid, narrates the life of a young South American writer trying to survive and write a novel in the cafes of Paris. Celebrated at the time as a picaresque, modern, and literary work that pays homage to and parodies Proust, Gide, Balzac, Victor Hugo, and Dostoevsky, it was later revealed as a precursor to works such as 'La vida exagerada de Martín Romaña' by Brice Echenique and 'Los detectives salvajes' by Roberto Bolaño, coinciding in its writing with 'Rayuela' by Cortázar. Today, 'El buen salvaje' is an unknown title, but reading it is more fun and original than ever. The story of a young intern who seeks to write a masterpiece while immersing himself in the underworld of a rogue and cheerful Paris, suggests that this 'good savage' is the beginning of everything.
