NOVEL. SUDAMERICANA, 2006. 231 PAGES.
New York, 1923, the Argentine Luis Angel Firpo, called the Wild Bull of the Pampas, knocks out of the ring the American Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion of the world. In Buenos Aires, the match is transmitted on the radio and Firpo proclaimed world champion. However, the referee does not count the time outside the ring. Dempsey comes back and knocks the challenger out. The Wild Bull of the Pampas will have been world champion for only 17 seconds. Trelew, Patagonia, 1973: to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the local paper, the sports journalist recalls this mythical match. The head of the cultural section celebrates the first performance of Mahler's First Symphony in the Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires conducted by Richard Strauss. In addition to these two great events of the 14th of September 1923 there is also a man found hanged in a hotel room: it is never known whether murder or suicide caused his death. Classical music, sport and crime come together to recreate the past in a disturbing investigation that questions the role of the media in the construction of popular culture.
PUBLISHED BY: Spanish PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE | France SEUIL | Germany SUHRKAMP | Italy EINAUDI | English SERPENT'S TAIL
Hello? A Requiem for the Telephone
ESSAY, 2022
SHORT STORIES, 2021
ESSAY, 2021
NARRATIVE, 2020
NOVEL, 2020
ESSAY, 2017
NOVEL, 2016
SHORT STORIES, 2015.
Tales of love in popular culture
ESSAY, 2015
POLITICAL ESSAY, 2014
NOVEL, 2012
NOVEL, 2010
NON FICTION, 2007
NOVEL, 2007
NOVEL, 2006
NON FICTION, 2005
NOVEL, 2002
NOVEL, 2000
NOVEL, 1997
Provença 293, 4-1 - 08037 · Barcelona +34 93 832 70 88 · · Member of ADAL