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Los héroes numerados (Crónica y ensayo) / The Numbered Heroes (Chronicles and Essays) (Spanish Edition)
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Overview
En Los héroes numerados, el futbol se convierte en un juego de las palabras gracias al ingenio de Juan Villoro, «un excepcional intérprete y narrador de las realidades sociales, culturales y políticas de México, América Latina y el mundo», jurado del Premio Gabo 2022.
El 10 de Pelé, Maradona o Messi; el 7 de Cristiano Ronaldo o Álex Aguinaga; el 14 de Johan Cruyff… Los héroes de las canchas llevan números en la espalda. Juan Villoro hace un repaso por esas figuras de rango mítico. Cuando los representantes de la tribu saltan al césped «lo que está en juego ya no es un deporte. A partir de ese momento comienza a suceder algo distinto, único, inclasificable: el misterio que llena los estadios».
Villoro aborda las grandes hazañas de los mundiales, los casos de sobornos, negocios ilícitos y violencia deportiva, así como el papel de la tecnología y el protagonismo que han asumido las mujeres en el deporte más popular del mundo. El futbol y la literatura se funden para mirar de frente aquello que más nos emociona: una exploración del juego, pero también de las costumbres públicas y secretas de la sociedad contemporánea.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
In Los héroes numerados, soccer becomes a game of words thanks to the wit of Juan Villoro, “an exceptional interpreter and narrator of the social, cultural, and political realities of Mexico, Latin America, and the world,” juror of the 2022 Gabo Prize.
The number 10 of Pelé, Maradona, or Messi; the 7 of Cristiano Ronaldo or Álex Aguinaga; the 14 of Johan Cruyff… The heroes of the pitch carry numbers on their backs. Juan Villoro revisits these figures of mythical stature. When the tribe’s representatives step onto the field, “what is at stake is no longer just a sport. From that moment on, something different, unique, unclassifiable begins to happen: the mystery that fills the stadiums.”
Villoro explores the great feats of the World Cups, cases of bribery, illicit business, and sports violence, as well as the role of technology and the prominence women have assumed in the world’s most popular sport. Soccer and literature merge to confront what moves us most: an exploration of the game, but also of the public and secret customs of contemporary society.
