Jorge Volpi (Author of Una novela criminal)

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Jorge Volpi

Born

in Mexico City, Mexico

July 10, 1968

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Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

Influences

Thomas Mann, Marcel Proust, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Coetzee, Sergio Pitol, ...more

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Jorge Volpi (M茅xico, 1968) Es licenciado en Derecho y maestro en Letras Mexicanas por la unam y doctor en Filolog铆a Hisp谩nica por la Universidad de Salamanca.

Es autor de las novelas A pesar del oscuro silencio (Joaqu铆n Mortiz, 1992; Planeta, 2000), D铆as de ira, en el volumen Tres bosquejos del mal (Siglo XXI, 1994; Muchnik Editores, 2000), La paz de los sepulcros (Aldus, 1995; Seix Barral, 2007), El temperamento melanc贸lico (Nueva Imagen, 1996; Seix Barral, 2004) Sanar tu piel amarga (Nueva Imagen, 1997; Algaida, 2004) y El juego del Apocalipsis (DeBolsillo, 2000) y de los ensayos La imaginaci贸n y el poder. Una historia intelectual de 1968 (Editorial Era, 1998) y La guerra y las palabras. Una historia del alzamiento zapatista (Editorial Er ...more

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La escritora, dramaturga y fil贸sofa francesa H茅l猫ne Cixous, Premio Formentor de las Letras 2025

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Valencia, 31 de marzo de 2025. Reunido en Valencia el jurado del Premio Formentor de las Letras, constituido por Claudia Casanova, V铆ctor G贸mez Pin, Marta Reb贸n, Marta Segarra, y su presidente Basilio Baltasar, despu茅s de considerar los m茅ritos de los escritores presentados como candidatos por el jurado y tras evaluar la calidad y pertinencia de sus obras literarias, ha elegido

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Average rating: 3.9 · 10,944 ratings · 1,302 reviews · 85 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Una novela criminal 4.13 avg rating — 2,337 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En busca de Klingsor 3.91 avg rating — 2,055 ratings — published 1999 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leer la mente 3.84 avg rating — 543 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El fin de la locura 3.78 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Season of Ash by Jorge Volpi, Alfred J. MacAdam (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 2006 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La tejedora de sombras 3.27 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Las elegidas 3.77 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oscuro bosque oscuro 3.83 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Partes de guerra 3.77 avg rating — 263 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memorial del enga帽o 3.57 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 2010 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The truth. Why are we so obsessed with the truth鈥攂egging for it, asking for it, demanding it, when all we really want to do is confirm our own vision of reality?”
― Jorge Volpi

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“How absurd life becomes with someone else: everything is interpreted; even the most trivial thing is imbued with symbolic value.”
― Jorge Volpi, In Spite of the Dark Silence

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“Me propongo contar, pues, la trama del siglo. De mi siglo. Mi versi贸n sobre c贸mo el azar ha gobernado al mundo y sobre c贸mo los hombres de ciencia tratamos en vano de domesticar su furia.”
― Jorge Volpi, En busca de Klingsor

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