The Mexican Crack Writers: History and Criticism

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This book provides a rich and cutting-edge analysis of one of the most prominent literary groups in Latin America: the Mexican Crack Writers. The first part explores the history of the group and its relation to the Latin American literary tradition, while the second part is devoted to the critical analysis of the works of each of the authors: Ricardo Chávez Castañeda, Ignacio Padilla, Pedro Ángel Palou, Eloy Urroz and Jorge Volpi. The volume is further enriched by the inclusion, in the appendix, of the two manifestos of the group: the Crack Manifesto and the Crack Postmanifesto (1996-2016). It will be of great interest to students and scholars focusing on contemporary Latin American literature. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction: The Mexican Crack Writers—Toward a New Literary Aesthetics (Héctor Jaimes)....Pages 1-9 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 The Crack: Generational Strategies in Mexico at the Turn of the Century (Tomás Regalado López)....Pages 13-38 The Crack Movement’s Literary Cartography (1996–2016) (Ramón Alvarado Ruiz)....Pages 39-53 Front Matter ....Pages 55-55 Narrative Techniques in Jorge Volpi’s Fictions (Sara Calderón)....Pages 57-72 Science, Art, and Magic: Totalization and Totalitarianism in Jorge Volpi’s in Search of Klingsor (Aníbal González)....Pages 73-86 Soldiers and Shadows: The Post-national Militant in Ignacio Padilla’s Amphitryon and El daño no es de ayer (Anne Stachura)....Pages 87-101 Living in Las Rémoras. An Introduction to Eloy Urroz’s Fiction (Tomás Regalado López)....Pages 103-125 Toward a Philosophy of Love: Pedro Ángel Palou’s Qliphoth and La profundidad de la piel (Héctor Jaimes)....Pages 127-145 El dinero del diablo by Pedro Ángel Palou: A New Moral Dialogue (Eugenia Helena Houvenaghel)....Pages 147-159 Ricardo Chávez Castañeda: The Limits of Fiction (Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado)....Pages 161-176 Back Matter ....Pages 177-210