Saturday, June 4, 2011

Ricardo Piglia | Author | Agencia literaria Schavelzon

RICARDO PIGLIA

ARGENTINA, 1941

NATIONAL CRITICS PRIZE 2011

Ricardo Piglia is a writer of rare literary stature, capable of combining criticism with literary creation without subordinating either. His literary investigations have had as great an impact in artistic and academic circles of Latin America as his fiction has on a growing number of readers. Piglia’s international literary career has been further strengthened with several top European publishers rising to the challenge of publishing his fiction and criticism. His narratives incorporates elements from literary criticism but loses none of the freshness and agility that readers expects in a story as a result.

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"Ricardo Piglia is an extremely important literary figure. He has inherited Borges' quizzical intelligence, enthusiasm for the tireless exploration of literature and attraction to hidden depths. Piglia's fictions trace inventive parabolas over the past nightmarish events of his country."
THE INDEPENDENT

"Ricardo Piglia, the rebel classic"
J.A. MASOLIVER RODENAS, LA VANGUARDIA

"One of the sharpest minds on the latino-hispanic-american scene today. not just in Argentina"
EL CULTURAL

By Ricardo Piglia

Target in the night
NOVEL, 2010
NATIONAL CRITICS PRIZE 2011 THE BEST NOVEL IN SPANISH OF THE YEAR 2010, CHOSEN BY 55 CRITICS AND JOURNALISTS OF EL PAÍS . A passionate thriller in which the...
Perpetual Prison
SHORT NOVEL, 2007
Two extraordinary short novels –Perpetual Prison and An Encounter in Saint-Nazaire– written almost simultaneously make up this book in which all the possible variants of the genre...
The last reader
NARRATIVE ESSAY, 2005
A history of the imaginary representation of the reader in literature. Six of the best chapters from Piglia: 1. Reading Scenes, 2. A Tale about Kafka, 3. Imaginary Readers, 4. Ernesto Guevara, the...
Formas breves
NON FICTION, 1999
Money to burn
NOVEL, 1997
Based on original reports and witness statements, Money to Burn tells the story of a gang of bandits who, fancying themselves as urban guerrillas, raided a bank in downtown Buenos Aires. They...
The Absent City
NOVEL, 1992
Crítica y ficción
NON FICTION, 1986
Artificial Respiration
NOVEL, 1980
Nombre falso
SHORT STORIES, 1975
The Invasion
SHORT STORIES, 1967. NEW EDITION, 2007
Forty years after the first edition of this book, Piglia decided to revise and amplify it.This collection of stories allows for the rediscovery of an acclaimed author when he was still a young...