José Agustín

José Agustín Ramírez Gómez (born August 19 1944, Acapulco) is a Mexican novelist.

Career

Agustin's first novel, "La Tumba" (The Tomb) was the brief but provocative story of a Mexican upperclass teen, deemed indecent by the public but gathering praise from older writers. This and his most famous work, "De Perfil" (Profile view), a fast and detailed view of three days in the main character's life, show stylistic similarities to James Joyce's work, especially A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

He was considered a member of the so-called "Onda" literature, "onda" (wave) being slang for current and fashionable views in the eyes of young people.

A common technique in his work is mixing character's speech with narrative, without making any kind of distinction,(free indirect discourse). Thus the reader finds a long dialogue written in a single sentence,and is expected to realize which character is speaking as he reads the words. He also makes use of the stream of consciousness technique.

Bibliography

Novels

*"La Tumba" (1964)
*"De Perfil" (1966)
*"Abolición de la propiedad" (1966)
*"Inventando que sueño" (1968)
*"El rey se acerca a su templo" (1977)
*"Ciudades Desiertas" (1982)
*"Dos horas de sol"
*"La panza del Tepozteco"
*"Se esta haciendo tarde"
*"El rey se acerca a su templo"
*"Vida con mi viuda" (2004)
*"Armablanca"(2006)

Plays

*"Círculo vicioso" (1974)

Others

*"Ahi viene la plaga"
*"Amor del bueno"
*"Camas de campo"
*"Cerca del fuego"
*"Contra la corriente"
*"La Contracultura en Mexico"
*"Inventando que sueño"
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*"Luz externa"
*"Luz interna"
*"La miel derramada"
*"No hay censura"
*"No pases esta puerta"

*"El rock de la carcel"

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