Cuentos Completos / The Complete Short Stories by Sánchez, Luis Rafael

Cuentos Completos / The Complete Short Stories

En 1976 apareció La guaracha del Macho Camacho, que consagró a Luis Rafael Sánchez como una de...
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Author: Luis Rafael Sánchez
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Language: Spanish
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Cuentos Completos / The Complete Short Stories by Sánchez, Luis Rafael

Cuentos Completos / The Complete Short Stories

$21.54

Cuentos Completos / The Complete Short Stories

$21.54
Author: Luis Rafael Sánchez
Format: Paperback
Language: Spanish

En 1976 apareció La guaracha del Macho Camacho, que consagró a Luis Rafael Sánchez como una de las figuras clave en las letras latinoamericanas. Para entender un texto tan innovador el lector tiene que volver a los cuentos de En cuerpo de camisa (1966) y a otros relatos anteriores en los que se halla el germen de los malabarismos verbales que caracterizan la obra de madurez del autor, así como su preocupación por desentrañar los problemas sociales de su país desde la cultura popular urbana.

En cuentos ya clásicos como Aleluya negra , Que sabe a paraíso o Espuelas el autor explora la discriminación racial o la identidad puertorriqueña, el vacío existencial y la frustración de la clase media, la sexualidad festiva o la crítica feroz al sistema burocrático a través de un lenguaje que desarrolla lo que el propio autor definió como una poética de lo soez .

Imposible entender a Roma sin Virgilio, a Italia sin Dante, a España sin Cervantes, a Argentina sin Borges. Igualmente es imposible entender al Puerto Rico contemporáneo sin Luis Rafael Sánchez. Las culturas constituidas siempre descansan sobre los hombros de sus grandes artistas . --Luce López-Baralt y Aníbal González

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

In 1976, La guaracha del Macho Camacho was published, establishing Luis Rafael Sánchez as a key figure in Latin American literature. To fully grasp such an innovative text, readers must return to the stories from "En cuerpo de camisa" (1966) and other earlier works, where the seeds of the verbal acrobatics that define the author's mature writing can be found, along with his concern for unraveling his country's social issues through urban popular culture.

In now-classic stories such as "Aleluya negra," "Que sabe a paraíso," and "Espuelas," the author explores racial discrimination and Puerto Rican identity, existential emptiness and middle-class frustration, festive sexuality, and fierce criticism of the bureaucratic system--through a language shaped by what the author himself called a "poetics of the profane."

"It's impossible to understand Rome without Virgil, Italy without Dante, Spain without Cervantes, Argentina without Borges. Likewise, it is impossible to understand contemporary Puerto Rico without Luis Rafael Sánchez. Established cultures always rest on the shoulders of their great artists." --Luce López-Baralt and Aníbal González



Author: Luis Rafael Sánchez
Publisher: Planeta Publishing
Published: 10/28/2025
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9786073931656
Language: Spanish

About the Author
Sánchez, Luis Rafael: - Luis Rafael Sánchez es el escritor puertorriqueño más reconocido de nuestros tiempos. Se ha destacado como dramaturgo, cuentista y novelista. Nació y creció en Humacao, al este de Puerto Rico. Comenzó su carrera artística como actor, mientras estudiaba y trabajaba en la radio. Al graduarse se convirtió en autor de sobresalientes obras, tales como La guaracha del macho Camacho, La pasión según Antígona Pérez, Quíntuples y En cuerpo de camisa, entre otros.

Planeta ha publicado sus obras más recientes: Escribir en Puertorriqueño: Obra selecta, Piel sospechosa y Cuentos completos.



Luis Rafael Sánchez is the most recognized Puerto Rican writer of our time. He is an outstanding writer of plays, short stories, and novels. Born and raised in Humacao, in Eastern Puerto Rico, he began his artistic career as an actor while he studied and worked in radio. Upon graduating, he wrote internationally recognized works, such as La guaracha del macho Camacho, La pasión según Antígona Pérez, Quíntuples, and En cuerpo de camisa, among others.

Planeta has published his most recent works: Escribir en Puertorriqueño: Obra selecta, Piel sospechosa, and Cuentos completos.




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