Cristian Alarcón

El tercer paraíso

On the morning of February 6, 1999, Buenos Aires police officers shot and killed seventeen-year-old Víctor Manuel Vital, better known as Frente, while he was unarmed, hiding under a table, and trying to surrender. Widely known and respected throughout Buenos Aires's shantytowns for his success as a thief, commitment to a code of honor, and generosity to his community, Frente became a Robin Hood--style legend who, in death, was believed to have the power to make bullets swerve and save gang members from shrapnel. In Dance for Me When I Die—first published in Argentina in 2004 and appearing here in English for the first time—Cristian Alarcón tells the story and legacy of Frente's life and death in the context of the everyday experiences of love and survival, murder and addiction, and crime and courage of those living in the slums. Drawing on interviews with Frente's friends, family, and ex-girlfriends, as well as with local thieves and drug dealers, and having immersed himself in Frente's neighborhood for eighteen months, Alarcón captures the world of the urban poor in all of its complexity and humanity.

Dance for Me When I Die

Si me querés, quereme transa

Juan Villoro

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Martín Caparrós

Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá

Cristina Rivera Garza

Gabriela Wiener

Rodrigo Fresán

Alberto Fuguet

Guillem Martínez

Marcela Turati

Eileen Truax

Julio Villanueva Chang

Leila Guerriero

María Moreno

Juan Pablo Meneses

Alberto Salcedo Ramos

Fabrizio Mejía Madrid

Edgardo Cozarinsky

Sabrina Duque

Jordi Costa

Juanita León

Maye Primera

Jaime Bedoya

Mónica Baró

En el décimo aniversario de su edición original, Mejor que ficción. Crónicas ejemplares regresa a las librerías con un nuevo prólogo y con nuevos textos. Refuerza así su condición de antología de referencia del periodismo narrativo en nuestra lengua, al tiempo que se puede leer como una vuelta al mundo y como un catálogo de estrategias y estilos para contar la difícil realidad de este cambio de siglo. El libro contiene crónicas de Juan Villoro, Leila Guerriero, Sabrina Duque, Jordi Costa, Alberto Fuguet, Alberto Salcedo Ramos, Eileen Truax, Juan Pablo Meneses, Juanita León, Cristian Alarcón, Marcela Turati, Edgardo Cozarinsky, Maye Primera, María Moreno, Julio Villanueva Chang, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Fabrizio Mejía Madrid, Cristina Rivera Garza, Jaime Bedoya, Rodrigo Fresán, Mónica Baró, Guillem Martínez, Gabriela Wiener, Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá y Martín Caparrós. Incluye además un extenso diccionario de cronistas iberoamericanos, con centenares de invitaciones a seguir leyendo.

Crónicas ejemplares

Mejor que ficción

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