Title: Literatura del crack
Description: New critical assessment of five writers and their respective novels, along with manifesto of their movement, all published in 1996.  Examines initial, highly negative, reception of works; reflects on concept of "generation;" and scrutinizes past and subsequent works of these writers.  Analyzes five novels: El Temperamento melancólico (Jorge Volpi), Memoria de los días (Pedro Angel Palou), Si volviesen sus majestades (Ignacio Padilla), La Conspiración idiota (Ricardo Chávez Castañeda) and Las Rémoras (Eloy Urroz).
Subjects: Mexican fiction, History and criticism
People: Ricardo Chávez Castañeda (1961-), Ignacio Padilla (1968-), Pedro Angel Palou (1966-), Eloy Urroz Kanan (1967-), Jorge Volpi Escalante (1968-)
Time periods: 20th century, 21st century