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Siete Cuentos Imposibles / Seven Impossible Stories - Paperback

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by Javier Arguello (Author)

«Javier Arg?ello es, sin duda, uno de los escritores actuales m?s interesantes en nuestra lengua . -Zenda

En este deslumbrante libro, Javier Arg?ello re?ne siete cuentos de estirpe fant?stica, deudores y renovadores de la tradici?n fundada por G?gol, Poe, Maupassant o Borges. Due?o de un estilo sutil y eficaz, Arg?ello nos cuenta historias inquietantes y turbadoras, a veces espeluznantes, hechas con la materia que se extiende tras el fi lo de la realidad.

Cada una de estas siete piezas nos hipnotiza tanto por el bien medido ritmo de su prosa como por el dibujo de los personajes y su trama envolvente y sobrecogedora. En la primera, por ejemplo, Arg?ello narra las vicisitudes de un hombre que cree que escribe un relato cuando en verdad tan solo es el personaje de otro relato que vive atrapado en la telara?a de la ficci?n. En otro cuento nos mantendr? en vilo con la incre?ble y maravillosa historia de un hombre a quien un profesor de astronom?a ordena que construya una casa al rev?s bajo la tierra de su jard?n, pues algo horrible est? a punto de suceder en el mundo... Tambi?n podremos asistir a la inaudita confesi?n de un enchufe, una voz que contar? la odisea que le llev? a habitar all? dentro; o a la aventura de un joven que viaja por Europa y se encuentra en Londres con un escritor del siglo XIX que ha pactado con el diablo para viajar al futuro y comprobar as? su posible ingreso en la Historia de la Literatura; una peque?a obra maestra sobre la textura del tiempo.

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"Javier Arg?ello is, without doubt, one of the most intriguing authors writing in Spanish today." -Zenda

This stunning volume includes seven fantastic stories that both recall and reinvent a genre founded by Gogol, Poe, Maupassant and Borges. In his subtle but efficient style, Arg?ello crafts unsettling, sometimes terrifying tales that test our notion of reality.

Each of the seven pieces captivates the reader with the rhythm of its prose and compelling characters and storylines. These include the dilemma of a man who thinks he is writing a story but is in fact a character in someone else's, trapping him in a web of fiction. We are kept in suspense by the incredible story of a worker hired by an astronomy professor to build an underground house, because something horrible is about to happen to Earth. We hear the voice of a person trapped inside an electrical socket, who describes the odyssey that led him there. A young man traveling around Europe meets a nineteenth-century author who made a pact with the Devil, allowing him to travel forward in time to see if his works have made an impression on literature. In short, this book is a small treasure about the nature and texture of time.

Author Biography

Javier Arg?ello (1972) es escritor argentino, nacido en Chile y radicado en Barcelona. Es autor de Siete cuentos imposibles (Lumen, 2002; Random House, 2024), El mar de todos los muertos (Lumen, 2008), La m?sica del mundo (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2011), A prop?sito de Majorana (Random House, 2015), Ser rojo (Random House, 2020), Cuatro cuentos cu?nticos (Random House, 2024) y Los l?mites de la ciencia. Una visita al acelerador de part?culas m?s grande del mundo (En Debate, 2024).

Number of Pages: 152
Publication Date: February 18, 2025
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