by Fernando del Paso · El Mundo · tapa dura · ISBN 9788481302981
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«José Trigo» is the novel by Fernando del Paso, published by El Mundo in hardcover (479 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the railway environment of 20th-century Mexico, the novel takes Nonoalco-Tlatelolco station as its axis to traverse the country's history. It blends history, literature, music and popular culture with exuberant language, and can be read as a parable or as a historical novel. It is structured in 19 chapters in two mirroring parts, plus a transitional one titled «El puente».
José Trigo was originally published in 1966, the year it received the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize. This edition includes a prologue by Félix Romeo and belongs to the Biblioteca El Mundo collection.
For readers of Spanish-language narrative interested in contemporary fiction and 20th-century Mexican literature.
Fernando del Paso Morante was a Mexican novelist, essayist, and poet.
