by Juan Villoro · Almadia Aljosan S.R.L.U. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788412600315
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In 'Materia dispuesta,' Juan Villoro immerses us in the life of Mauricio Guardiola, a young man growing up in Mexico City after the 1957 earthquake. The novel explores the search for identity and certainties in an unstable environment, where traditions are questioned and the future is uncertain. Through agile prose and subtle humor, Villoro constructs a hallucinatory atmosphere that reflects the complexity of contemporary society and art. Mauricio, more than a protagonist, is a spectator who evolves synchronously with the city, intertwining their meanings and experiences in a story that challenges the conventions of the coming-of-age novel.
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.
