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297:(2013), marked a turn in several ways. "I was interested in the possibility of writing without narrating, without the necessary action that everyone expects," explained Wilson, who said that this would be the last work of fiction he would publish. The author "resigned to a position of privilege in the national literary medium," and ended his link with agent Guillermo Schavelzon and Alfaguara to publish his novel with a small Chilean label, Orjikh. In addition, he shut down his blog and his Facebook account; his name does not appear on the cover of the book. As the critic and writer
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238:(2011). Journalist Alberto Rojas described it as "a terrifying trip to those places away from the big American cities that Wilson knows well, where men and women live in search of their broken dreams, in the midst of nights that seem never to end."
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is not a conventional narrative. I enjoy writing – it makes me well, it is necessary – but the process that comes after, not so much; working with publishers and promotion in the media are not situations in which I feel very comfortable."
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Although Mike Wilson was born in the United States, most of his childhood and adolescence were spent in South
America. When he was three years old, he arrived in Chile with his American father and Argentine mother; at seven they moved to
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project, Mike Wilson has drawn on elements characteristic of popular culture, peripheral culture during the golden age of the great continental narratives."
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On the eve of publishing his second novel, Wilson was signed by
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that peace goes on to reveal a substratum of contained violence that ends up emerging in unsuspected and openly disturbing ways."
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tells the story of some teenagers who have survived the destruction of La
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770:[Mike Wilson Disconnects: He Publishes His Last Novel].
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José Promis, meanwhile, explained that, "to carry out his
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American-Argentine writer based in Chile (born 1974)
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378:, novel, Editorial Ambrosía, Buenos Aires, 2003
185:, and from the classic trans-Andean comic book
627:(in Spanish). Puerto de Escape. Archived from
400:Where Is My Mind? Cognición, literatura y cine
866:[The Interior Space of Mike Wilson].
412:Wittgenstein y el sentido tácito de las cosas
327:format. Early the following year he released
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153:. Since then he has resided in that country.
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168:government controlled by the Reich."
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864:"El espacio interior de Mike Wilson"
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568:"Mike Wilson y la estética del frío"
528:Díaz Oliva, Antonio (3 April 2010).
339:, on a trip to Argentine Patagonia.
110:awards in 2014 for his fifth novel,
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450:, novel, Fiordo, Buenos Aires, 2023
432:, novel, Fiordo, Buenos Aires, 2019
199:." His 2009 post-apocalyptic novel
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920:21st-century Chilean male writers
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424:Ártico: una lista
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311:After publishing
293:His fifth novel,
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485:References
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118:Biography
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382:El púgil
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