José Agustín
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José Agustín Ramírez Gómez (born August 19, 1944, Acapulco) is a Mexican novelist.
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[edit] Career
Agustin's first novel, La Tumba (The Tomb) was the brief but provocative story of a Mexican upperclass teen, deemed indecent by the public but gathering praise from older writers. This and his most famous work, De Perfil (Profile view), a fast and detailed view of three days in the main character's life, show stylistic similarities to James Joyce's work, especially A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
He was considered a member of the so-called Onda literature, onda (wave) being slang for current and fashionable views in the eyes of young people.
A common technique in his work is mixing character's speech with narrative, without making any kind of distinction,(free indirect discourse). Thus the reader finds a long dialogue written in a single sentence,and is expected to realize which character is speaking as he reads the words. He also makes use of the stream of consciousness technique.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novels
- La Tumba (1964)
- De Perfil (1966)
- Abolición de la propiedad (1966)
- Inventando que sueño (1968)
- El rey se acerca a su templo (1977)
- Ciudades Desiertas (1982)
[edit] Plays
- Círculo vicioso (1974)
[edit] Others
- Ahi viene la plaga
- Amor del bueno
- Camas de campo
- Cerca del fuego
- Contra la corriente
- La Contracultura en Mexico
- Dos horas de sol
- Inventando que sueño
- Inventando que sueño: Cuentos completos 1968-1992
- Luz externa
- Luz interna
- La miel derramada
- No hay censura
- No pases esta puerta
- La panza del Tepozteco
- El rock de la carcel
- Se esta haciendo tarde
- Tragicomedia Mexicana: La vida en Mexico de 1940 a 1970. Tomo 1
- Tragicomedia Mexicana: La vida en Mexico de 1970 a 1982. Tomo 2
- Tragicomedia Mexicana: La vida en Mexico de 1982 a 1994. Tomo 3
