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Luna Llena En Las Rocas / Full Moon on the Rocks - by  Xavier Velasco (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Luna Llena En Las Rocas / Full Moon on the Rocks - by Xavier Velasco (Paperback)

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  • Crónicas de la vida de las criaturas de la noche en una ciudad tan grande como el infierno.
  • About the Author: Xavier Velasco es nativo y amante de la ciudad de México.
  • 248 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

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Crónicas de la vida de las criaturas de la noche en una ciudad tan grande como el infierno.

Xavier Velasco, Premio Alfaguara 2003 con Diablo guardián, regresa a la literatura con la "aventura kamikaze" de contar su infancia y no inventarla.

Este libro tiene que ver con la buena vida. Por eso, con frecuencia, el narrador nos lleva a sitios de mala muerte. ¿Quién no encuentra la plenitud allí donde se hornean los antojos, se mima la inconciencia colectiva y el placer hace trizas al deber?

En este libro Xavier Velasco encarna a un narrador festivo y caradura, decidido a llevar la juerga hasta sus últimas palabras por bares, puticlubes e infiernillos afines. No quiere ser testigo, sino cómplice. Este libro es la huella literaria de un morbo con licencia, prisa y causa. Es la persecución romántica del peligro, la congestión de elíxires, la conjura de lunas. La lujuriante oferta de saltar al vacío y entender cada oficio, vicio y maleficio con azoro infantil y premura adolescente.

Otros autores han opinado:

"Con Luna llena en las rocas, Velasco ha ensanchado los alcances literarios de la crónica, y al mismo tiempo ha flexibilizado la forma de la novela. Su libro, uno de los más disfrutables de la literatura mexicana reciente, transita con buena fortuna por ambos géneros, redescubre las provincias más tentadoras de la república de la noche y proporciona a los nuevos licántropos un mapa sentimental para extraviarse en ella." -Enrique Serna, La Jornada-

"Velasco busca las respuestas a preguntas no planteadas en bares, cabarets y antros de mala muerte. El libro recorre tugurios, burlesque y clubes nocturnos, que a ratos nos parecerán disparejos, pero su encanto radica justo en eso." -América Gutiérrez, Chilango-

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Chronicles from the lives of the creatures of the night in a city as vast as hell itself.

Xavier Velasco, winner of the 2003 Alfaguara Prize for Diablo Guardián, returns to literature with the "kamikaze adventure" of recounting his childhood rather than inventing it.

This book has everything to do with the good life. Which is why, so often, the narrator takes us to dives and dead-end places. Who doesn't find fulfillment wherever cravings are baked, collective unconsciousness is indulged, and pleasure shatters duty?

In this book, Xavier Velasco embodies a festive and brazen narrator, determined to take the revelry to its last words through bars, brothels, and every inferno-like haunt. He doesn't want to be a witness -- he wants to be an accomplice. This book is the literary trace of a licensed, hurried, purposeful curiosity. It is the romantic pursuit of danger, the congestion of elixirs, the conspiracy of moons. The lush invitation to leap into the void and understand every trade, vice, and malefice with childlike astonishment and adolescent urgency.

Other authors have said:

"With Full Moon on the Rocks, Velasco has broadened the literary reach of the chronicle while also loosening the form of the novel. His book, one of the most enjoyable in recent Mexican literature, travels successfully between both genres, rediscovers the most tempting provinces of the republic of the night, and offers new werewolves a sentimental map with which to lose themselves in it." --Enrique Serna, La Jornada

"Velasco seeks answers to questions no one has asked in bars, cabarets, and seedy joints. The book roams through dive bars, burlesque shows, and nightclubs that may at times seem uneven, but its charm lies precisely in that." --América Gutiérrez, Chilango



About the Author



Xavier Velasco es nativo y amante de la ciudad de México. Entiende a la escritura como una fechoría, cree en la amistad querúbica de los perros y desconfía de toda solemnidad. Es autor de Diablo Guardián (Premio Internacional Alfaguara de Novela 2003), El materialismo histérico (relatos, 2004), Luna llena en las rocas (crónicas, 2005), Éste que ves (novela, 2006), Puedo explicarlo todo (novela, 2010) y La edad de la punzada (novela, 2012). Escribe la columna semanal "Pronóstico del Clímax" en el diario Milenio y planea, un día de éstos, debutar como actor.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.5 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W)
Weight: .81 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 248
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Alfaguara
Format: Paperback
Author: Xavier Velasco
Language: Spanish
Street Date: February 10, 2026
TCIN: 1008679047
UPC: 9798890986665
Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-7559
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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