by Augusto Monterroso · EL PAIS: CLASICOS DEL SIGLO XX · tapa dura · ISBN 9788489669826
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«Cuentos, fábulas y lo demás es silencio» is the volume collecting the stories, fables and the novel «Lo demás es silencio» by Augusto Monterroso, in hardback.
Volume gathering almost all of Augusto Monterroso's fiction, a master of the micro-story and the fable. His short texts combine humour, irony and a critical view of the human condition. It also includes his only novel, «Lo demás es silencio», a literary game parodying narrative genres.
2003 edition in El País's Clásicos del Siglo XX collection, number 20. Text in Spanish, 411 pages.
For those seeking short Latin American narrative with humour, irony and fables.
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.
