Cuentos Completos. Andras Caicedo / The Complete Short Stories of Andras Caicedo

Por primera vez se re nen en un solo volumen los cuentos completos de una aut ntica leyenda literaria, Andr s Caicedo, en esta edici n que incluye la reproducci n facs mil de su primer relato, El Ideal , in dito hasta el momento.
Casi cuarenta a os despu s de su muerte, la obra de este autor ic nico de la literatura colombiana resulta m s fascinante y rompedora que nunca. Andr s Caicedo es un fen meno literario excepcional: cada libro suyo que se reedita parece que fuera una novedad. Su t cnica narrativa sigue sorprendiendo y todas aquellas constantes en su obra (el desacomodo social, las inquietudes existenciales, la dificultad para aceptar la realidad que nos rodea, el rechazo a toda convenci n...) tienen absoluta actualidad. Relatos como El atravesado , Destinos fatales y Canibalismo son t tulos emblem ticos que forman parte de una obra cuent stica que renov la literatura en espa ol.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

For the first time, the complete short stories of an authentic literary legend, Andr s Caicedo, are gathered in a single volume, in this edition which includes the reproduction of his first tale, "El Ideal," unpublished until now.
Almost forty years after his death, the works of this icon of Colombian literature are more fascinating and bolder than ever. Andr s Caicedo is an exceptional literary phenomenon: each of his books that is reedited seems like a new release. His narrative technique continues to surprise, and all those constants in his work (social upheaval, existential doubts, difficulty to accept the reality around us, the rejection of convention, etc.) are extremely current. Tales like "El atravesado" ("The Troublemaker"), "Destinos fatales" ("Fatal Destinies"), and "Canibalismo" ("Cannibalism") are emblematic titles that form part of a body of short stories that rekindled literature in Spanish.