Juan Pablo Villalobos Explained

Juan Pablo Villalobos
Birth Place:Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Occupation:Author

Juan Pablo Villalobos (born 1973) is a Mexican author.

His debut novel, Down the Rabbit Hole, was published by And Other Stories in 2011 and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2011. He is also the author of Quesadillas (2011) and I’ll Sell You a Dog (2016).

His fourth novel, I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me, won the Herralde Prize.

He has lived in Mexico and Brazil, and currently resides in Spain with his wife and two children.

Life

Villalobos was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1973. He lived in Barcelona, Spain, for eight years, before moving to Brazil.[1] In 2014, he moved back to Barcelona.

He studied marketing and Spanish literature. He has worked in market research and published travel stories, as well as literary and film criticism.

Work

Villalobos's first book, Fiesta en la madriguera,[2] has been translated into Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Romanian, Dutch and English.[3] Its English translation, Down the Rabbit Hole[4] by Rosalind Harvey, was published in September 2011 by the UK publishing house And Other Stories.[5] Down the Rabbit Hole was shortlisted for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award.[6]

His second novel, Quesadillas, was also translated by Rosalind Harvey and was published by And Other Stories in 2013.

His third novel, I’ll Sell You a Dog, was published by And Other Stories in 2016.[7]

His fourth novel, I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me, was published by And Other Stories in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2020, and in the United States on 5 May 2020.[8]

Influences

Villalobos has said that his first book was inspired by Nellie Campobello's Cartucho, a collection of short stories set during the Mexican Revolution.[9]

Reviews

In Germany, Villalobos is recognized as an important representative of the so-called "narco-literature."[10] His book Fiesta en la madriguera has been called "a disillusioned domestic tale from the dark heartland of Latin American machismo".[11]

Bibliography

Novels

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bodies not corpses. Juan Pablo Villalobos. 24 May 2012. English Pen . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140929233709/http://www.englishpen.org/bodies-not-corpses/ . 29 September 2014 . 25 January 2017.
  2. Book: Fiesta en la madriguera. 978-84-339-7212-5. Anagrama. 2010.
  3. Web site: Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos. And Other Stories. 7 November 2012.
  4. Book: Down the Rabbit Hole. 2011. And Other Stories. London. 978-1-908276-00-1.
  5. News: Down the Rabbit Hole, By Juan Pablo Villalobos, trans. Rosalind Harvey. Lucy Popescu. The Independent. https://web.archive.org/web/20120203075716/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/down-the-rabbit-hole-by-juan-pablo-villalobos-trans-rosalind-harvey-2355274.html. dead. 3 February 2012. 16 September 2012. 7 November 2012.
  6. News: The Guardian. 11 November 2011. Cancer biography competes with four novels on Guardian First Book award shortlist. Alison Flood. 7 November 2012.
  7. Web site: I'll Sell You a Dog.
  8. Web site: I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me. And Other Stories. en. 22 May 2020.
  9. News: New Statesman. 16 December 2011. Books interview: Juan Pablo Villalobos. Alice Gribbin. 7 November 2012.
  10. News: WOZ Die Wochenzeitung. German. Literatur zum Drogenkrieg in Mexiko. Vom Anspruch, den richtigen Ton zu treffen. 28 April 2011. Valentin Schönherr.
  11. News: Was sonst nicht im Krimi steht. Die Welt. German. Ulrich Baron. 30 April 2011. 7 November 2012.

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