Description: "'Everything is ephemeral and never repeats,' states Josâe Emilio Pacheco, reminding us of the brevity of our time on Earth. We assume that'"the sea will have turned to desert / when we are no longer here to see and love it,' but we forget that this fleeting condition is what gives existence its extraordinary hue: 'everything is valuable because everything is unrepeatable'"
Brief description:
José Emilio Pacheco (Ciudad de México, 1939-2014) publicó sus primeros cuentos en La sangre de Medusa, libro al que siguieron El viento distante y El principio del placer. Dentro de su obra narrativa destacan Morirás lejos y Las batallas en el desierto, long seller desde su lanzamiento.
Su obra poética, que comenzó con Los elementos de la noche y El reposo del fuego, no tiene parangón e incluye ya catorce poemarios reunidos en dos antologías.
Destacada es, así mismo, su labor como ensayista, en particular en «Inventario», columna publicada a lo largo de cuatro décadas en la cual confluyen lo literario y lo periodístico, fundamental para comprender la cultura de México y del mundo.
José Emilio Pacheco (Mexico City, 1939-2014) published his first short stories in La sangre de Medusa, a book that was followed by El viento distante and El principio del placer. His narrative work includes Morirás lejos and Las batallas en el desierto, a long-selling book since its release.
His poetic work, which began with Los elementos de la noche y El reposo del fuego, is unparalleled and already includes fourteen collections of poems collected in two anthologies.
His work as an essayist is also outstanding, in particular in "Inventario", a column published over four decades in which the literary and the journalistic converge, fundamental to understanding the culture of Mexico and the world.