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Article: Urroz, Eloy. Las remoras.(Book Review) (book review)
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- School Library Journal
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- June 1, 2003
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Las remoras. Spain/U.S.: Seix Barral: Planeta. 2002.406p. ISBN 84-322-1129-X. pap. $25.98. FIC New York native Urroz is a member of the Mexican literary group "Grupo del Crack," which emerged in 1996 to protest the imitative, formulaic offerings of contemporary Mexican literature by avoiding the magic realism associated with the boom generation. Besides publishing several novels and poetry collections, Urroz contributed to Tres bosquejos del real (Three Sketches of Evil, Muchnik, 2000), a shortstory collection that included the work of fellow "Crack" writers Jorge Volpi and Ignacio Padilla. Originally published in 1996, this latest book unfolds in Las Remoras, a ...