Examen extraordinario
Juan Villoro

SHORT STORIES | 2020 | 312 pages

A mariachi with serious identity issues, quarrels between writers dating back to belligerent youthful encounters in writing workshops, emails sent from somewhat uncertain planes of existence, a father's countercultural odyssey to win over his daughter, multiple forms of that variation of masochism known as romance... The anthology Examen extraordinario, compiled by the author himself, condenses the techniques, strategies, and narrative motifs of one of today's most outstanding literary careers. More than a gesture of triumphalism, this volume has a desire for a second chance. The stories collected here await a second encounter with the reader, the final arbiter of all literature. But this rematch is not granted because of any failure, but rather as confirmation of the qualities of an extraordinary writer. The vision of the chronicler, the scope of the novelist, the subtle ability to move the reader of the playwright: the arsenal of resources of an author as unique as Juan Villoro is presented in this volume for an extraordinary examination in which, without a doubt, the winner will be a genre that does not allow for distractions: the short story.

RIGHTS: spanish FONDO DE CULTURA ECONÓMICA, ALMADÍA

BY JUAN VILLORO:

No soy un robot
NONFICTION, 2024
La figura del mundo
FICTION, 2023
La tierra de la gran promesa
FICTION, 2021
Examen extraordinario
SHORT STORIES, 2020
El vértigo horizontal
FICTION, 2019
Llamadas de Amsterdam
FICTION, 2018
¿Hay vida en la tierra?
FICTION, 2014
Balón dividido
NONFICTION, 2014
Conferencia sobre la lluvia
THEATER, 2014
Arrecife
FICTION, 2012
El libro salvaje
CHILDREN’S, 2008
Los culpables
SHORT STORIES, 2008
Dios es redondo
NONFICTION, 2006
El testigo
FICTION, 2004
El disparo de Argón
FICTION, 1991