The Mexican Crack Writers: History and Criticism

1. Introduction. The Mexican Crack Writers: Towards a New Literary Aesthetics; Jaimes.- 2. The Crack Movement's Literary Cartography (1996-2016); Alvarado Ruiz.- 3. The Crack: Generational Strategies in Mexico; Regalado.- 4. Narrative Techniques in Jorge Volpi's fictions; Calderón.- 5. Science, Art, and Magic: Totalization and Totalitarianism in Jorge Volpi's In Search of Klingsor; González.- 6. Soldiers and Shadows: The Post-National Militant in Ignacio Padilla's Amphitryon and El daño no es de ayer; Stachura.- 7. Living in Las Rémoras. An introduction to Eloy Urroz's Fiction; Regalado.- 8. Towards a Philosophy of Love: Pedro Ángel Palou's Qliphoth and La profundidad de la piel; Jaimes.- 9. El dinero del diablo by Pedro Angel Palou: A New Moral Dialogue; Houvenaghel.- 10. Ricardo Chávez Castañeda: The Limits of Fiction; Sánchez Prado.- 11. Crack Manifesto.- 12. Crack Postmanifesto (1996-2016).- Notes on Contributors.