LA TUMBA

JOSE AGUSTIN

1964

1964: José Agustín publishes "La Tumba", his

first novel, at the age of 19.

La timba

1960-
1970's

- **1960s - 1970s:** The novel becomes an icon

of the counterculture in Mexico.

La yumba

1972

- **1972:** A film adaptation directed by

Jodorowsky is made.

La tumba

1980

- **1980s:** It continues to be an influential

work in contemporary Mexican literature

La tumba

1994

- **1994:** A commemorative edition of the 30th

anniversary of the novel is published.

La tumba

2000's-
2020
- **2000s - 2020s:** "La Tumba" continues to be
read and studied in schools and universities, and is
considered a classic of 20th century Mexican
La tumba literature.

Ironic, disenchanted and full of humor, The Tomb tells the life of a lost teenager. Novel of initiation that inaugurated a new stage of Mexican literature,
in which young people, their language and their fury have a central and decisive weight.