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El hombre que inventó Manhattan / The Man Who Invented Manhattan
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Ray Loriga's great book of New York stories, winner of the 2017 Alfaguara Novel Prize, arrives at Alfaguara on the twentieth anniversary of its first publication. The man who invented Manhattan was actually named Gerald Ulsrak, was married, and had two daughters. Or perhaps only one. He was born in a small town in the mountains of Romania and had always dreamed of a better place, Manhattan, and a different name, Charlie. He worked maintaining an apartment building and repeated to himself night after night like a mantra that the next day would be a good one. On New Year's Day 2002, he was found hanging from a ceiling beam. His suicide sets in motion the narrator, a tenant of the building, who recreates a world where reality and fiction intertwine. Through short stories, sharp as arrows, marked by plays on identity, ironic humor, and unforgettable characters, a mythical city is built: a personal Manhattan, both precise and imagined, colored by all the literature and film that reflect New York City. On the twentieth anniversary of its publication, Alfaguara presents this new edition of Ray Loriga's great book of New York stories, winner of the 2017 Alfaguara Novel Prize. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION On the twentieth anniversary of their first publication, Alfaguara offers this new edition of the New York stories of Ray Loriga, winner of the Alfaguara 2017 Novel Prize. The man who invented Manhattan was named Gerald Ulsrak. He was married and had two daughters. Or maybe just one. Born in a small town in the mountains of Romania, I dreamed of a better place, Manhattan, and a better name, Charlie. Night after night, after working all day at his job as a handyman in an apartment complex, he told himself, like a mantra, that tomorrow would be a good day. On the morning of New Year's Day, 2002, he hung himself from a roof beam. Ulsrak's suicide moves the narrator, a tenant of the apartment block, to craft this series of short stories that blend reality and fiction. Incisive and ironic, people shaped by unforgettable characters with fluid identities, they depict a mythical city: a personal Manhattan, both accurate and imagined, influenced by the New York of literature and film. Twenty years after they were first published, Alfaguara offers this new edition of the New York stories of Ray Loriga, winner of the Alfaguara Novel Prize 2017
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