by Marcelo Birmajer · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789870405290
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«Fábulas salvajes» is a collection of fables by Argentine writer Marcelo Birmajer, published by Alfaguara in 2006 in paperback, in Spanish.
Marcelo Birmajer draws on the fables of Aesop and La Fontaine to create animals of extreme behavior: some live passionate love stories and others show very human wickedness. Some stories rewrite classic fables with their own endings, and the collection raises moral dilemmas without closed morals.
The edition appears under the Alfaguara Infantil imprint, is catalogued as Children's and Young Adult, and includes illustrations by Pez.
The book is aimed especially at teenagers and young people interested in classic fables with irreverent reinterpretations and moral dilemmas.
Marcelo Birmajer is an Argentine Jewish author. He is the grandson of Romanian, Polish, Lithuanian and Syrian immigrants. He is best known for writing the screenplay of the 2004 film El abrazo partido. Birmajer's work usually revolves around the Porteño neighbourhood of Once and its colorful inhabitants. Most stories feature Jewish characters, and he frequently uses for them the names Javier, or Mordejai/Mordechai depending on the character's level of religious observance. He also addresses Jewish issues such as synagogue attendance, Bar Mitzvahs, and the ever present alternative to immigrate to Israel.
