by Jaime Bayly · Planeta · tapa dura · ISBN 9788408050346
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«Los últimos días de "La Prensa"» is the satirical novel by Jaime Bayly, published by Planeta in hardcover (391 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows a teenager who gets a glimpse of a newspaper marked by the misery and absurdity of the trade. Between satire and chronicle, Bayly portrays a world full of corrupt characters and grotesque situations, while the protagonist matures in life and experiences his first love.
The work was originally published in 1996; the Planeta edition is from 2004. Winner of the San Clemente Prize.
For readers of Latin American fiction interested in satire of the journalistic world.
Jaime Bayly Letts is a Peruvian writer, journalist, and television personality. He has won an Emmy Award and two of his books have been adapted into international movies. He also won the Premio Herralde in 1997 for his novel La Noche es Virgen, a major literary award in the world of Spanish literature that has been granted to writers such as Roberto Bolaño, Mariana Enriquez, and Enrique Vila-Matas.
