by Augusto Monterroso · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420442594
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«Viaje al centro de la fábula» is a collection of interviews with writer Augusto Monterroso, published by Alfaguara in paperback (200 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together interviews with Augusto Monterroso in which he talks with journalists and writers such as Jorge Ruffinelli, Margarita García Flores and José Miguel Oviedo. In them he reflects on the art of writing, satire, humor and the role of critics, and defends the interview as a contemporary literary genre.
Alfaguara published this edition in 2001 within the Fuera de colección Alfaguara adultos collection; the work originally appeared in 1981.
For readers interested in the literary interview and in Monterroso's ironic vision of the craft of writing.
Augusto Monterroso Bonilla was a Honduran writer who adopted Guatemalan nationality, known for the ironical and humorous style of his short stories. He is considered an important figure in the Latin American "Boom" generation, and received several awards, including the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature (2000), Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature (1997), and Juan Rulfo Award (1996). Monterroso was a member of the Honduran Academy of Language.
