The 3 best books by Jorge Volpi

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When a writer transits between the essay and the fictional narrative, I end up winning in both areas of creation. This is the case of Jorge Luis Volpi, whose novel characters end up acquiring the internal residue of meditative propensity and critical intention that already mark the essays of ...

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A criminal novel, by Jorge Volpi

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That Jorge Volpi is a narrator aware of his closest reality is not something new. In his previous book Against Trump, he already gave a good account of what Trump's xenophobic ideology implies for his country, Mexico. It is not a question of ranting just because, Volpi confers on his ...

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Against Trump, by Jorge Volpi

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When Trump came to power, the foundations of the West were shaken in the face of what seemed like the impending cataclysm. Some countries like Mexico felt the epicenter of the world earthquake, and the intellectuals of the Central American country soon demonstrated against the new figure of the president of the United States. One of those …

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