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La Guaracha del Macho Camacho. Edición Conmemorativa 50 Aniversario / Macho Camacho's Beat. 50th Anniversary Edition

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La Guaracha del Macho Camacho. Edición Conmemorativa 50 Aniversario / Macho Camacho's Beat. 50th Anniversary EditionEn el 50 aniversario de su publicacin, una de las novelas fundacionales de la narrativa latinoamericana, as como un hito en la afirmacin de la identidad nacional y la expresin de la ambigedad colonial de Puerto Rico que elev el habla coloquial y la msica popular a categora literaria. En San Juan de Puerto Rico un monumental embotellamiento de trnsito mantiene paralizada a la ciudad que se ha rendido al xito musical de una guaracha popular, la cancin

En el 50 aniversario de su publicación, una de las novelas fundacionales de la narrativa latinoamericana, así como un hito en la afirmación de la identidad nacional y la expresión de la ambigüedad colonial de Puerto Rico que elevó el habla coloquial y la música popular a categoría literaria.


En San Juan de Puerto Rico un monumental embotellamiento de tránsito mantiene paralizada a la ciudad que se ha rendido al éxito musical de una guaracha popular, la canción del Macho Camacho, que suena incesantemente por la radio, símbolo de la alienación cultural, la colonización y el vacío existencial de una sociedad atrapada entre su identidad caribeña y la influencia norteamericana.


Publicada por primera vez en 1976, La guaracha del Macho Camacho es un clásico de la literatura caribeña que consolidó a Luis Rafael Sánchez como uno de los maestros de la prosa latinoamericana del siglo XX. Recibida con admiración y sorpresa por la crítica especializada, conquistó inmediatamente el fervor de lectores y se tradujo a múltiples lenguas. A través del lenguaje carnavalesco, el humor corrosivo y la crítica social, Sánchez construye una feroz radiografía de las contradicciones de la modernidad, la clase, la raza y el poder en Puerto Rico.


«Imposible entender a Roma sin Virgilio, a Italia sin Dante, a España sin Cervantes, a Argentina sin Borges. Igualmente es imposible entender al Puerto Rico contemporáneo sin Luis Rafael Sánchez. Las culturas constituidas siempre descansan sobre los hombros de sus grandes artistas», Luce López-Baralt y Aníbal González.

«La guaracha del Macho Camacho, de Luis Rafael Sánchez: una maravillosa novela que se escribió tanto para ser leída como para ser escuchada, cantada con nuestra voz interior y escuchada por nuestro oído interior; una novela que es música y nos enseña a oír distinto, a oír mejor. ¿A quién? Al otro: al otro que habla nuestra lengua.» Juan Gabriel Vázquez

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On the 50th anniversary of its publication, one of the foundational novels of Latin American narrative, as well as a milestone in affirming national identity and expressing Puerto Rico's colonial ambiguity, which elevated colloquial speech and popular music to literary status.


In San Juan, Puerto Rico, a monumental traffic jam paralyzes the city, which has surrendered to the musical success of a popular guaracha, Macho Camacho's song, endlessly playing on the radio--a symbol of cultural alienation, colonization, and the existential void of a society caught between its Caribbean identity and North American influence.


First published in 1976, Macho Camacho's Beat is a classic of Caribbean literature that established Luis Rafael Sánchez as one of the masters of twentieth-century Latin American prose. Welcomed with admiration and surprise by critics, it immediately won readers' devotion and was translated into multiple languages. Through carnivalesque language, corrosive humor, and social critique, Sánchez builds a fierce portrait of the contradictions of modernity, class, race, and power in Puerto Rico.


"It is impossible to understand Rome without Virgil, Italy without Dante, Spain without Cervantes, Argentina without Borges. Likewise, it is impossible to understand contemporary Puerto Rico without Luis Rafael Sánchez. Established cultures always rest on the shoulders of their great artists." --Luce López-Baralt and Aníbal González.

"La guaracha del Macho Camacho, by Luis Rafael Sánchez: a wonderful novel written both to be read and to be listened to, sung with our inner voice and heard by our inner ear; a novel that is music and teaches us to listen differently, to listen better. To whom? To the other: the other who speaks our language." Juan Gabriel Vázquez

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