Alvaro mutis, novelist who created a rambling, ruminative soul. The adventures and misadventures of maqroll wikipedia. He returned to colombia to live on his familys coffee plantation in. Alvaro mutis author of the adventures and misadventures of. The adventures and misadventures of maqroll by alvaro mutis. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. These seven novels follow the exploits of one protagonist and were written out of order. Like his protagonist maqroll, mutis traveled widely in his professional roles including five years as standard oils public relations director and over 20.
The son of a diplomat, mutis attended schools in brussels, belgium. His extravagant and hopeless undertakings, his brushes with the law and scrapes with death, and his enduring friendships and unlookedfor love affairs make him a don quixote for our day, driven from one place to another by a restless and. Alvaro mutis is the great columbian author who was friends with the various nobel prize winners of latin america, his contemporaries. Alvaro mutis, biografia y obra literaria didactalia. Maqroll the gaviero the lookout is one of the most alluring and memorable characters in the fiction of the last twentyfive years. Alvaro mutis jaramillo august 25, 1923 september 22, 20 was a colombian poet, novelist, and essayist.
Alvaro mutis is currently considered a single author. Bibliografia sobre alvaro mutis libros aristizabal, alonso. Apr 28, 1993 maqroll the gaviero the lookout is one of the most alluring and memorable characters in the fiction of the last twentyfive years. Each has overlapping plots and characters from maqrolls past, present and future. He returned to colombia to live on his familys coffee plantation. Mutiss bestknown character, maqroll, wandered the world unwillingly, but always with a book. The novellas center on the exploits and adventures of maqroll the gaviero gavia is spanish for. Alvaro mutis jaramillo august 25, 1923 september 22, 20 was a colombian poet.
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