by Juan Villoro · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433972842
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«El testigo» is the novel by Juan Villoro, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (480 pages, in Spanish).
Julio Valdivieso, a Mexican intellectual who emigrated to Europe, returns to his country just as the PRI has lost the elections and a period of transition begins. On his return, he reconnects with a lost love, with an episode of the Cristero War linked to his own name, and with the figure of the poet Ramón López Velarde. The novel moves between the Mexico of organized crime and politics as conspiracy, offering an ironic look at national myths and the media world, with poetry as a lasting backdrop.
This edition belongs to Anagrama's Compactos collection and won the Herralde Novel Prize in 2004.
Suitable for readers of contemporary fiction seeking a story about returning to Mexico and revisiting its myths, politics and current violence.
Juan Antonio Villoro Ruiz is a Mexican writer and journalist and the son of philosopher Luis Villoro. He has been well known among intellectual circles in Mexico, Latin America and Spain for years, but his success among a wider readership has grown since receiving the Herralde Prize for his novel El testigo.
