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El jardinero, el escultor y el fugitivo / César Aira.

Van Pelt - Zilberman Family Center for Global Collections PQ7798.1.I7 J37 2022
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Aira, César, 1949- author.
Language:
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Gardeners--Fiction.
Gardeners.
Sculptors--Fiction.
Sculptors.
Fugitives from justice--Fiction.
Fugitives from justice.
Aging--Fiction.
Aging.
Genre:
Fiction.
Physical Description:
138 pages ; 23 cm.
Edition:
Primera edición: febrero de 2022.
Place of Publication:
Barcelona : Literatura Random House, 2022.
Language Note:
Text in Spanish.
Summary:
Un escritor maduro, preocupado por la depresión que sufre su jardinero, se adentra en los recovecos de un jardín edénico que esconde los secretos más inquietantes. Un consagrado escultor de la antigua Grecia emprende un accidentado viaje hacia un oráculo en busca de consejo para tratar a su asistente, acechado también por el monstruo de la melancolía y la desazón. Por último, un hombre corriente sumido en los achaques de la edad anhela gozar de la libertad de ser perseguido y escapar. Para ello necesita cometer un crimen y convertirse en un auténtico fugitivo. El jardinero, el escultor y el fugitivo puede leerse como tres novelas breves o como una novela en tres partes con un intrincado juego de variaciones. Alrededor de ella orbitan el discurrir del tiempo, la pérdida de la juventud, la melancolía, la vanidad del artista y una reflexión acerca de la naturaleza de la literatura, la creación y la escritura misma. Este tan insólito e impredecible como magnético libro se suma al rico entramado que constituye la espléndida obra de César Aira.
A mature writer, concerned about the depression suffered by his gardener, enters the recesses of an Edenic garden that hides the most disturbing secrets. A consecrated sculptor of ancient Greece embarks on a bumpy journey to an oracle in search of advice to treat his assistant, also stalked by the monster of melancholy and unease. Finally, an ordinary man mired in the infirmities of age yearns for the freedom to be persecuted and to escape. For this he needs to commit a crime and become a true fugitive. The Gardener, the Sculptor and the Fugitive can be read as three short novels or as one novel in three parts with an intricate set of variations. Around it orbit the passage of time, the loss of youth, melancholy, the vanity of the artist and a reflection on the nature of literature, creation and writing itself. This unusual,unpredictable, and magnetic book adds to the rich framework that constitutes the splendid work of César Aira.
ISBN:
8439739559
9788439739555
OCLC:
1299142570

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