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Un maestro extraordinario de la fusión entre periodismo y literatura. «El material humano no necesita de retórica alguna, ni de frases más largas que una línea para emocionar al lector: le basta la verdad honesta de la que parte.»
Javier Aparicio Maydeu, Babelia

«Aunque no lo parezca, aunque no quiera parecerlo, ésta es una obra de ficción

Durante el otoño de 2005, Rodrigo Rey Rosa visitó a diario el Gabinete de Identificación del recién descubierto archivo secreto de la Policía Nacional de Guatemala:

«Más allá de la información que esperaba obtener en ese laberinto de millones de legajos policíacos acumulados durante más de un siglo y conservados por azar, después de aquella visita inicial las circunstancias y el ambiente del Archivo de La Isla habían comenzado a parecerme novelescos, y acaso aun novelables. Una especie de microcaos cuya relación podría servir de coda para la singular danza macabra de nuestro último siglo».

De los cuadernos escritos a lo largo de esas visitas surge El material humano, una novela sobrecogedora en la que la siniestra documentación de la represión en su país sirve al autor de telón de fondo para narrar su propia historia.

Reseñas:
«Este es uno de los mejores libros de Rey Rosa. La prosa sobria y tan bien respirada que le conocemos ahora convive con el estilo polvoriento de las fichas policiales.»
Alejandro Zambra, La Tercera

«Una obra híbrida, sorprendente, magníficamente construida. [...] Rey Rosa despliega hilos narrativos con admirable maestría, proponiéndonos varios niveles de lectura. Nos prende en sus redes y ya no nos suelta hasta la última página.»
Marc Sagaert, Les Lettres françaises

«La novela de Rey Rosa navega con éxito en la delgada línea roja que separa la realidad de la ficción, utilizando recursos de ambos territorios para construir un interesante reflejo de la vida cotidiana en un país en el que la violencia institucional y la impunidad establecida colocan en el terreno de la pesadilla.»
Enrique Benítez, La Opinión de Málaga

«Rodrigo Rey Rosa ha hecho de la sobriedad un efecto de estilo con el que está edificando una de las más notables trayectorias literarias de la literatura latinoamericana.»
Ricardo Baixeras, El Periódico de Catalunya

«El material humano no es una novela árida sino amena que, además de sobrecoger, engancha al lector.»
Iñaki Ezquerra, El Correo

«Esta novela de Rodrigo Rey Rosa es -me parece- la más lograda ficción relacionada con la historia reciente de nuestro país. [...] Envidiable capacidad de síntesis. Aproximación minimalista en la descripción. Un novelista como pocos.»
Javier Payeras, Siglo XXI (Guatemala)

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

An extraordinary master at blending journalism and literature. "Human Matter does not need any rhetoric, or phrases any longer than one line to excite the reader: the honest truth that it exudes is just enough." Javier Aparicio Maydeu, Babelia "Although it may not seem so, this is a work of fiction." During the fall of 2005, Rodrigo Rey Rosa visited the Identification Office of the Guatemalan National Police's newly discovered secret archives on a daily basis: "Far beyond the information I hoped to obtain from that maze of millions of police records accumulated for over a century, and after that initial visit, circumstances and its ambiance had begun to appear novelistic. A kind of small contained chaos which could serve as an ending for the macabre dance that was our last century ». From the notes taken throughout these visits, comes Human Matter, an overwhelming novel in which the sinister documentation of his country's repression serves the author as the backdrop to tell his own story.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9788420427478
  • Publisher: Alfaguara
  • Publisher Imprint: Alfaguara
  • Height: 236 mm
  • No of Pages: 200
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 150 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8420427470
  • Publisher Date: 26 Sep 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: Spanish
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 318 gr


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