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Title Statement | La figura del mundo: el orden secreto de las cosas / Juan Villoro. |
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Author | Villoro, Juan, 1956- |
Publication | Ciudad de México: Random House,2023. |
Edition | Primera edición. |
Extent of Item | 267 pages |
ISBN | 9786073828505 (trade paperback) |
Other Number | pr07208960 |
Languages | In Spanish. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary | To what extent can we recover a foreign memory? Is it possible to understand what a father has been without us? Being a son means to descend, to alter the time, to create a disruption, being a mismatch that is fixed with pedagogy, sometimes with affection or with the transmission of knowledge. Juan Villoro recounts in The Figure of The World, the secret order of things, and some memorable passages about his father, the Mexican-Catalan thinker, Luis Villoro. Without the desire to make a biography in the strict sense, Juan evokes the unique life of a former philosopher, social fighter, Zapatista, and author of a fundamental work in his view. With this book, Villoro offers an approach to a figure that is both intimate and public, delving into the complexities that all lives have, and masterfully narrating moments that unfold to understand the ubiquity of the present. Thus, he recovers here the essence of a father who was present in his family life in an intangible way. This is a father who must be investigated by a son who senses his affections and therefore tries to renew the past. Written with great sensitivity and sharpness, this book condenses the astonishment and emotion of an author who feels writing is a never-ending letter to the father. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Fathers and sons |
Philosophers--Biography--Mexico | |
By Name | Villoro, Luis |
Villoro, Juan,1956- | |
By Genre | Biographies |
Personal narratives |