El mundo [The World]
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Juan José Millás
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Juan José Millás
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LA NOVELA MÁS PERSONAL DE JUAN JOSÉ MILLÁS, GANADORA DEL PREMIO NACIONAL DE NARRATIVA Y DEL PREMIO PLANETA
«Guarda en sus páginas verdades sobrecogedoras, auténticas y emocionantes sobre el poder de las palabras».
Jesús Ruiz Mantilla, El País
«El mejor Millás».
Soledad Puértolas
«Qué habría ocurrido si aquel día lejano de mi infancia no hubiera regresado al sótano por el mismo agujero por el que había salido de él. Tal vez la vida hubiera mantenido siempre aquel brillo o aquella fiebre».
«Hay libros que, al modo del automóvil que se salta un semáforo, se cruzan violentamente en tu existencia. Este es de los que se saltan el semáforo —explica Millás—. Me habían encargado un reportaje sobre mí mismo, de forma que comencé a seguirme. Un día me dije: “Mi padre tenía un taller de aparatos de electromedicina”. Entonces se me apareció el taller, conmigo y con mi padre dentro. Él estaba probando un bisturí eléctrico sobre un filete. De súbito, me dijo: “Fíjate, Juanjo, cauteriza la herida en el momento mismo de producirla”. Comprendí que la escritura, como el bisturí, cicatrizaba las heridas en el instante de abrirlas e intuí por qué era escritor. Acababa de ser arrollado por una novela».
Ganadora del Premio Nacional de Narrativa y del Premio Planeta, alabada por la crítica y los lectores, El mundo narra con maestría el tránsito a la vida adulta de un adolescente, pero también el descubrimiento de una manera original e imaginativa de observar y entender la realidad.
La crítica ha dicho:
«Para no hacerlo sentir incómodo, finjamos que Millás no es uno de nuestros mejores escritores».
Sergi Pàmies, La Vanguardia
«La escritura de Juan José Millás, el Buster Keaton de nuestra literatura, es única e inimitable».
J. A. Masoliver Ródenas, Cultura/s (La Vanguardia)
«Una mirada transgresora y llena de sutileza que transforma la realidad, la reinterpreta y la ficcionaliza».
Íñigo Urrutia, El Diario Vasco
«Millás derriba el mundo y descubre su trastienda, se divierte con la demolición, aunque describa el triste escaparate de los días. Millás, está claro, sigue siendo un maestro».
Saúl Fernández, La Nueva España
«Juan José Millás es dueño de un territorio fantástico de incuestionable personalidad».
J. Ernesto Ayala-Dip, El País
«Millás tiene la capacidad de ver donde otros no alcanzamos ni siquiera a vislumbrar nada».
César Coca, El Correo
«Millás es uno de los escritores con más verdad por centímetro cuadrado de página».
Antonio Iturbe, Qué Leer
«Millás se aprovecha de la actualidad para contarnos la vida, para expresar su perplejidad, que es la nuestra, ante el discurrir del mundo. [...] Navegar por él permite viajar a nuestra imaginación».
Fernando Delgado, La Opinión
«Aquí está el mejor Millás, el autor en estado puro, liberado de la tiranía del género y del convencionalismo de tener que idear un personaje, urdir un argumento y atarse mínimamente a unas reglas cuyo dominio está sobradamente probado».
Iñaki Ezquerra, El Correo Español (sobre La vida a ratos)
«Una pirueta, un salto mortal del acróbata Juan José Millás [...]. Y sin red».
Manuel Llorente, La Esfera (El Mundo) (sobre Que nadie duerma)
Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
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- Jorge Gómez-Casais
- 09-30-23
Magnífico libro.
Como siempre me encartó su gran magia para transportarnos al pasado del la infancia y juventud . El efecto onírico de sus emociones y reflexiones actuales es inigualable.
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