La Sangre de Medusa Y Otros Cuentos Marginales / The Blood of Medusa and Other Marginal Short Stories

Un legado invaluable que nos invita a seguir leyendo, escribiendo y so?ando Un papiro de tiempos de Alejandro Magno que une a un agitador serbio con un terrorista de la antigua Grecia, un semidi?s que comparte sus aflicciones con las de un marido pusil?nime, una cuadrilla de veteranos inv?lidos que se reivindican a punta de patas de palo o un gato que pasa de v?ctima a victimario... En el cuento cabe todo. Las posibilidades son tantas como los atributos de la vida misma, que no pierde ocasi?n para mostrar sus dotes ficcionales. Desde los primeros textos influidos por Borges hasta las proezas vanguardistas y los relatos de ritmo policiaco o tono terror?fico, en La sangre de Medusa --recopilaci?n de cuentos escritos entre 1956 y 1984 (dispersos hasta su edici?n corregida y definitiva publicada en 1990)-- la estela narrativa de Jos? Emilio Pacheco brilla con fulgor universal. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An invaluable legacy that invites us to keep reading, writing, and dreaming. A papyrus from the time of Alexander the Great that connects a Serbian agitator with an ancient Greek terrorist, a demigod who shares his afflictions with those of a pusillanimous husband, a squad of disabled veterans who redeem themselves with their wooden legs, or a cat that goes from victim to perpetrator... In a short story, anything fits. The possibilities are as numerous as the attributes of life itself, which never misses an opportunity to showcase its fictional talents. From the early texts influenced by Borges to the avant-garde feats and the stories with a crime rhythm or a terrifying tone, in La sangre de Medusa (The Blood of Medusa) --a collection of stories written between 1956 and 1984 (scattered until their corrected and definitive edition published in 1990)-- the narrative trail of Jos? Emilio Pacheco shines with universal brilliance.

Un legado invaluable que nos invita a seguir leyendo, escribiendo y so?ando Un papiro de tiempos de Alejandro Magno que une a un agitador serbio con un terrorista de la antigua Grecia, un semidi?s que comparte sus aflicciones con las de un marido pusil?nime, una cuadrilla de veteranos inv?lidos que se reivindican a punta de patas de palo o un gato que pasa de v?ctima a victimario... En el cuento cabe todo. Las posibilidades son tantas como los atributos de la vida misma, que no pierde ocasi?n para mostrar sus dotes ficcionales. Desde los primeros textos influidos por Borges hasta las proezas vanguardistas y los relatos de ritmo policiaco o tono terror?fico, en La sangre de Medusa --recopilaci?n de cuentos escritos entre 1956 y 1984 (dispersos hasta su edici?n corregida y definitiva publicada en 1990)-- la estela narrativa de Jos? Emilio Pacheco brilla con fulgor universal. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An invaluable legacy that invites us to keep reading, writing, and dreaming. A papyrus from the time of Alexander the Great that connects a Serbian agitator with an ancient Greek terrorist, a demigod who shares his afflictions with those of a pusillanimous husband, a squad of disabled veterans who redeem themselves with their wooden legs, or a cat that goes from victim to perpetrator... In a short story, anything fits. The possibilities are as numerous as the attributes of life itself, which never misses an opportunity to showcase its fictional talents. From the early texts influenced by Borges to the avant-garde feats and the stories with a crime rhythm or a terrifying tone, in La sangre de Medusa (The Blood of Medusa) --a collection of stories written between 1956 and 1984 (scattered until their corrected and definitive edition published in 1990)-- the narrative trail of Jos? Emilio Pacheco shines with universal brilliance.