Menudas cosas cotidianas: Antología Luis Tejada / Little Everyday Things: Luis Tejada Anthology

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328 pages • 12.45 x 18.97 x 2.18 cm
Approx. weight: 0.23 kg
Publication date: 18 Aug,2026
Barcode/ ISBN: 9789585573635 • Penguin Clásicos

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«Su obra goza del tinte de lo secreto, de lo cotidianamente inolvidable, de la amable tibieza que deja lo pequeño». -Pablo Montoya

Figura central y a la vez esquiva de la literatura colombiana del siglo XX, Tejada fue un renovador precoz: escribió desde el periodismo, pensó desde la poesía y murió demasiado pronto para ver su obra reunida. Esta antología, preparada por Pedro Carlos Lemus, rescata y ordena una escritura dispersa en textos breves, ensayos mínimos, relatos fronterizos—.

En Menudas cosas cotidianas, Luis Tejada fija la mirada en lo que suele pasar inadvertido: una corbata, un gato, una calle, una tarde cualquiera. Con una prosa ágil, irónica y profundamente sensible, lo cotidiano se abre como un territorio inesperado, cargado de asombro, humor y lucidez. Más de un siglo después, estas páginas siguen recordándonos que lo pequeño, cuando se mira de verdad, nunca es insignificante.

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“His work carries a touch of the secret, of the everyday yet unforgettable, of the gentle warmth that small things leave behind.” — Pablo Montoya

A central yet elusive figure in 20th-century Colombian literature, Tejada was an early innovator: he wrote from journalism, thought from poetry, and died too soon to see his work brought together. This anthology, prepared by Pedro Carlos Lemus, recovers and organizes a body of writing scattered across brief texts, miniature essays, and boundary-crossing narratives.

In Little Everyday Things, Luis Tejada turns his gaze to what often goes unnoticed: a tie, a cat, a street, an ordinary afternoon. With agile, ironic, and deeply sensitive prose, the everyday opens up as an unexpected territory, filled with wonder, humor, and insight. More than a century later, these pages still remind us that small things, when truly observed, are never insignificant.

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