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

[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
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