Fandelli
by Guillermo Fadanelli
Description
The novel consists of a kind of dialogue between a man who remembers his youth (Fandelli) and a ruthless and cruel critical voice that is born or comes from the tormented or tragic consciousness of Fandelli himself. In this story, as part of the scenography, the reader finds the poverty of some marginal neighborhoods, the architecture of “Colonial” and modern Mexico, the public Mexican university strike in 1986, and the intimate story of the main character’s family.
The novel is brief, intimate, sharp and insolent. The rhythm of the narration is vertiginous. We could say that it’s a prose poetry book.
It has been published only in Mexico in 2019. But it has free rights outside of this country.
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Editorial MOHO has the rights only in Mexico
Reviews
"Guillermo Fadanelli is a Mexican writer, powerful and marginal at the same time, a great combination. One of the greatest of his country":
Enrique Vila—Matas
"In his novels, Guillermo Fadanelli conveys the pain of living here —and of being trapped here. Still, he's not judgemental. He simply shows reality: the good and the bad, without any moral conclusions":
Claudia Herrera—Pahl
Author Biography
Guillermo Fadanelli was born in Mexico City at El Sagrado Corazón Hospital located in Calzada de Tlalpan, D. F. A hospital that no longer exists: it is a hotel now. At nine years old he fronts his first fight with fists and the child who was nicknamed El Caperuza defeats him. At the age of eleven, his father enrolls him at a military school, where he becomes more cynical rather than corrected. At thirteen he wins his first fight after a long history of losses. At the age of eighteen he gets his first car: Rambler 67. His first trip outside the country is to San Francisco at the age of twenty-one. There, he meets his uncle Johnny, a former Vietnam fighter who initiates him into the art of drinking tons of beer. In the early eighties he starts studying Engineering and never gets the title because he avoids entering classes. At this time, is when literature starts interesting him. At Engineering School he meets Yolanda Martinez, and together with a group of friends he founds MOHO Magazine. His first book is entitled The Day I See Her, I'll Kill Her (El día que la vea la voy a matar), published by Editorial Grijalbo. In the early nineties he sells Christmas trees at the 87th and Second Avenue corner in New York, he earns 1500 dollars. Some years later, he works as a salesman in a bakery in Madrid; in exchange for his work he receives a roof and food, no payment. He lives in Berlin for a year, and he is surprised because beer is served warm there. He is also interested in the Hohenzollern’s biography. In Bogotá and Havana he makes good friends. In Lima he excites the press (a newspaper announces his disappearance and possible abduction), and in Graz he goes to have a drink with the director of the Criminology Museum. He has published several novels and holds on to lead Editorial Moho. Nowadays he has lost most of his friends because of the passing time. Anyway, he seems to be very happy.
Copyright Information
Copyright @Guillermo Fadanelli, 2019.
Editorial MOHO.
Editorial Moho
EDITORIAL MOHO: this Mexican publishing house started in the 1995. Since then, it has focused on expressions in which parody, irony, realism and urban miscellaneous prevail.
View all titlesBibliographic Information
- Publisher Editorial Moho and Cal y arena
- Publication Date October 2019
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9786078564187
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 25 USD
- Pages112
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleFandelli
- Original Language AuthorsSpanish
- EditionFirst
- Copyright Year2019
- Page sizeheight (21x24 ) cm
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