by Juan Carlos Chirinos · Ediciones Escalera · tapa dura · ISBN 9788493701857
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«El niño malo cuenta hasta cien y se retira» is the novel by Venezuelan writer Juan Carlos Chirinos, published by Ediciones Escalera in hardcover.
The protagonist, D.Jota, leaves the city in search of a north he imagines exotic. Amid snowy mountains, old men with reddish beards telling stories in a bar, and an atmosphere populated by rural legends and Venezuelan poetry, the novel combines innocence, cruelty, humor and love in an unexpected adventure.
This is the Spanish edition of Juan Carlos Chirinos's first novel, from 2004. The novel was a finalist for the Rómulo Gallegos Prize in 2005 and belongs to the Trayectos collection (no. 8).
For adult readers of contemporary fiction interested in Venezuelan literature and in stories with humor, cruelty and rural elements.
