Overview
"Ribeyro está ahí, profundamente, en cada una de estas narraciones, y volver a leerlo es motivo de alegría, como encontrar la imagen de un ser muy querido en una foto recién descubierta". -Santiago Gamboa
Julio Ramón Ribeyro es el mayor cuentista de la literatura peruana, por lo que la publicación de Invitación al viaje y otros cuentos inéditos configura un auténtico acontecimiento literario. Tras haber permanecido encarpetados durante cinco décadas, los relatos que integran este volumen muestran las diversas facetas y registros de su obra narrativa. El inquietante escenario urbano, la fallida aventura erótica, el humor absurdo, los apremios del artista y la experiencia fantástica conforman el espíritu de estas historias en las que resaltan, con renovado aire, la lucidez, la sensibilidad, la gracia y el talento indiscutibles de un autor imprescindible de las letras hispanoamericanas.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
An Invitation to the Journey, by Julio Ramón Ribeyro, is one of the greatest editorial events in recent years, in Latin American literature.
“Ribeyro is there, deep, in each one of those tales, and reading him again brings me joy, like seeing a loved one in a photograph you just found.” —Santiago Gamboa
Julio Ramón Ribeyro is the greatest short story writer in Peruvian literature, and therefore, publishing An Invitation to the Journey and Other Unpublished Stories constitutes an authentic literary event. After being shelved for five decades, the stories that make up this volume show the diverse facets and registers of Ribeyro’s narrative work. The unsettling urban scene, the failed erotic adventure, the absurd humor, the artist’s urgencies, and the fantastic experience shape the spirit of these stories, in which the lucidity, sensibility, jokes, and indisputable talent of an author essential to Latin American literature are highlighted with renewed air.
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