José Agustín
Encyclopedia
José Agustín Ramírez Gómez (born August 19, 1944, Acapulco
) is a Mexican
novelist.
, 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.
Acapulco
Acapulco is a city, municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico’s history...
) is a Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
novelist.
Career
Agustin's first novelNovel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, 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
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
's work, especially A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce, first serialised in the magazine The Egoist from 1914 to 1915, and published first in book format in 1916 by B. W. Huebsch, New York. The first English edition was published by the Egoist Press in February 1917...
.
He was considered a member of the so-called Onda literature, onda (wave
Wave
In physics, a wave is a disturbance that travels through space and time, accompanied by the transfer of energy.Waves travel and the wave motion transfers energy from one point to another, often with no permanent displacement of the particles of the medium—that is, with little or no associated mass...
) being slang
Slang
Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's language or dialect but are considered more acceptable when used socially. Slang is often to be found in areas of the lexicon that refer to things considered taboo...
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.
Novels
- La TumbaLa TumbaLa Tumba is a 1964 controversial novel written in Spanish by José Agustín.It is a short novel, originally written as a series of tales in a literary workshop....
(1964) - De PerfilDe PerfilDe Perfil is a 1966 novel by José Agustín. Like his first novel, La Tumba, De Perfil was a best-seller, and furthered Agustin's reputation as a writer....
(1966) - Abolición de la propiedad (1966)
- Inventando que sueño (1968)
- El rey se acerca a su templo (1977)
- Ciudades DesiertasCiudades DesiertasCiudades Desiertas is a novel written in Spanish by José Agustín. It is a mature work, is set in a small city in the United States, around the early 1980s.-Plot summary:...
(1982) - Dos horas de sol
- La panza del Tepozteco
- Se esta haciendo tarde
- El rey se acerca a su templo
- Vida con mi viuda (2004)
- Armablanca (2006)
Others
- El Año de la PesteEl Año de la PesteEl Año de la Peste is a Mexican motion picture categorized as drama, thriller and Sci-Fi. It was filmed in 1978 and released in 1979. The production counted with the famous Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez for the adapted screenplay from the novel of Daniel Defoe A Journal of the Plague...
(Film,writing 1978) - Ahi viene la plaga
- Amor del bueno
- Camas de campo
- Cerca del fuego
- Contra la corrienteContra la CorrienteContra la Corriente may refer to:* Contra La Corriente , a 1997 salsa album* Contra la Corriente , a 2004 reggaeton album* Contra la Corriente , a 2006 pop-rock album...
- La Contracultura en Mexico
- Inventando que sueño
- Inventando que sueño: Cuentos completos 1968-1992
- Luz externa
- Luz interna
- La miel derramada
- No hay censura
- No pases esta puerta
- El rock de la carcel
- 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