by Abelardo Castillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789875452329
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«La joven guardia» is the short story anthology of new Argentine fiction, with selection and prologue by Maximiliano Tomas and a preface by Abelardo Castillo.
It brings together twenty stories by Argentine writers aged 25 to 35 who had already published at least one book, and presents itself as the first anthology of that generation. The selection and prologue by Maximiliano Tomas offer an overview of new Argentine fiction, while Abelardo Castillo's preface champions the short story genre.
Hardcover edition of 261 pages in Spanish, published by Grupo Editorial Norma in 2005. Includes stories by Mariana Enríquez, Samantha Schweblin, Washington Cucurto and Pedro Mairal, among others.
For those who want to discover Argentine fiction of the 2000s and meet authors who later became established in the short story genre.
Abelardo Castillo was an Argentine writer, novelist, essayist, diarist, born in the city of San Pedro, Buenos Aires. He practised amateur boxing in his youth. He also directed the literary magazines El Escarabajo de Oro and El Ornitorrinco. He is well regarded in the field of Latin American literature. In 2014 he won the Diamond Konex Award as the best writer in the last decade in Argentina.
