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1. 1. Invitación Al Viaje Y Otros Cuentos Inéditos

   

   A posthumous collection of previously unpublished short stories that captures the author’s trademark blend of urban melancholy, irony and precise realism. The tales focus on solitary, often frustrated characters—shopkeepers, bureaucrats, expatriates—navigating petty failures, memory and social marginality in mid‑20th‑century Lima and beyond. With economical prose, subtle humor and melancholic insight, the stories reveal small human defeats and moral compromises, offering sharp social observation alongside intimate psychological portraits.

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2. 2. La Palabra Del Mudo

   

   Colección de relatos que exploran la vida de personajes modestos y marginados en la ciudad, combinando ironía, melancolía y humor negro para retratar pequeñas derrotas cotidianas, nostalgias y frustraciones. Con prosa sobria y afilada, los cuentos muestran episodios íntimos y reveladores —empleados, bohemios, perdedores amorosos— cuya dignidad y soledad emergen frente a la indiferencia social, ofreciendo una visión aguda y humana de la condición urbana.

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