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Cosas Vivas - (Largo Recorrido) by  Munir Hachemi (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Cosas Vivas - (Largo Recorrido) by Munir Hachemi (Paperback)

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  • Four young Spaniards head to the south of France for the summer and soon find themselves working as temps at one of those biotech companies that have been exploiting the agricultural world for decades, and by some accounts will end up destroying it.
  • About the Author: Munir Hachemi is a Spanish philologist who specializes in Latin American studies.
  • 160 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
  • Series Name: Largo Recorrido

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Cuatro jâovenes espanoles (uno de ellos, el narrador, de origen argelino) viajan un verano hasta el sur de Francia para ganar algo de dinero en la vendimia, pero finalmente, despuâes de una serie de peripecias tan patâeticas como divertidas, acaban empleâandose como temporeros en una de esas empresas biotecnolâogicas que explotan desde hace dâecadas el mundo agrario y que, segâun ciertas teorâias, acabarâan por arruinarlo del todo. Alta y Baja Cultura, Bolano y el punk, filosofâia y terror, crâitica social sin maniqueâismos... Un sinfâin de sonidos y conceptos resuenan en estas pâaginas unas veces apocalâipticas (como en Soylent Green, aquella pelâicula de ciencia ficciâon de Richard Fleischer y Charlton Heston) y otras falsamente ingenuas. Una combinaciâon tan poderosa como arriesgada que, sin embargo, logra hacer visible la amenaza que ocultan algunas capas de la realidad. "Lo real es un territorio salvaje, una selva o un desierto, un lugar del que no se puede hacer un mapa", escribe el propio autor.



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Four young Spaniards head to the south of France for the summer and soon find themselves working as temps at one of those biotech companies that have been exploiting the agricultural world for decades, and by some accounts will end up destroying it. In this novel that combines high and low culture, philosophy with horror, and Bolañowith punk, the author manages to illuminate the threat hidden in some levels of reality.

​Cuatro jóvenes españoles (uno de ellos, el narrador, de origen argelino) viajan un verano hasta el sur de Francia para ganar algo de dinero en la vendimia, pero finalmente, después de una serie de peripecias tan patéticas como divertidas, acaban empleándose como temporeros en una de esas empresas biotecnológicas que explotan desde hace décadas el mundo agrario y que, según ciertas teorías, acabarán por arruinarlo del todo. Alta y Baja Cultura, Bolaño y el punk, filosofía y terror, crítica social sin maniqueísmos... Un sinfín de sonidos y conceptos resuenan en estas páginas unas veces apocalípticas (como en Soylent Green, aquella película de ciencia ficción de Richard Fleischer y Charlton Heston) y otras falsamente ingenuas. Una combinación tan poderosa como arriesgada que, sin embargo, logra hacer visible la amenaza que ocultan algunas capas de la realidad. «Lo real es un territorio salvaje, una selva o un desierto, un lugar del que no se puede hacer un mapa», escribe el propio autor. Una voz con un timbre diferente en la narrativa española. El escritor que muchos lectores estábamos esperando.



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Munir Hachemi is a Spanish philologist who specializes in Latin American studies. He is currently working on his doctoral thesis about Jorge Luis Borges.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 160
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Series Title: Largo Recorrido
Publisher: Editorial Periferica
Format: Paperback
Author: Munir Hachemi
Language: Spanish
Street Date: February 1, 2020
TCIN: 1006096339
UPC: 9788416291755
Item Number (DPCI): 247-39-0649
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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