El plural es una lata : biografía de Juan Benet / J. Benito Fernández.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fernández, J. Benito, author.

Series:

Biblioteca de la memoria (Editorial Renacimiento (Seville, Spain)) ; 13.

Biblioteca de la memoria ; 13

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Benet, Juan.

Authors, Spanish--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Spanish.

Physical Description:

517 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sevilla : Renacimiento, [2024]

Summary:

'The plural is a pain' is the life of a man who revolutionised literature in the sixties of the last century, but who did not manage to make a living from it; he made a living from his profession: a civil engineer. Juan Benet, one of the most influential literary figures in politics, business and society in our country, would have liked to read this biography, a story faithful to the facts, well documented, a mirror that reflects the personality of the writer that is not told, but is intuited. Juan Benet is one of the key writers of the twentieth century – and not only in Spanish. But his life and engineering work are fundamental elements to understand this vast and superb work. J. Benito Fernández, a renowned biographer, has managed to combine both aspects based on overwhelming documentation and using brilliant and attractive prose that make this book essential reading. J. Benito Fernández supports the facts but does not fictionalise the life of the character, he does not seek a fictionalised biography (and therefore fictionalised) and even less an essay thesis; He simply attests to the facts, swears an oath of credibility, compares sources, and responds – with great self-demand – to the premise of veracity. He leaves the analysis of the work – theory and hypothesis – out of it. He is interested in being a spectator, compiling with the tenacity of a documentalist, and drawing up – narratively speaking as well – a notarial record. Aitor Francos J. Benito Fernández or biographical art based on wisdom and rigor. Documentation, obtained at close range, which he processes until turning the lives of saints, that is, the lives of the elites of contemporary Spanish literature, into a novelistic torrent of agile writing and sure reading pleasure. --Amazon.com

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-488) and index.

ISBN:

9788410148581

8410148587

OCLC:

1443163142