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ISBN13: 9798295568060
Publisher: Autri Books
Published: Jan 20 2026
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.47
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Spanish
Publisher: Autri Books
Published: Jan 20 2026
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.47
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Spanish
Cartas desde Egipto reúne la correspondencia escrita por Lucie Duff Gordon durante su estancia en Egipto entre 1862 y 1869, en un momento crucial de transformaciones polÃticas, sociales y culturales. Escritas inicialmente para familiares y amigos Ãntimos, estas cartas trascienden el ámbito privado para convertirse en un testimonio literario de primer orden sobre el Egipto otomano, el colonialismo europeo y las complejas relaciones entre religión, poder y vida cotidiana.
A diferencia de muchos relatos de viaje decimonónicos, Duff Gordon no escribe desde la distancia del observador imperial. Vive entre la población local, aprende su lengua, comparte sus preocupaciones y registra con precisión la dignidad, el humor y el sufrimiento de quienes la rodean. Sus descripciones del Alto Egipto, de Nubia y de El Cairo alternan escenas domésticas con agudas reflexiones polÃticas, revelando una autora profundamente consciente de las injusticias estructurales y escéptica ante los discursos simplistas de Oriente y Occidente.El resultado es un libro de extraordinaria modernidad: Ãntimo sin ser trivial, crÃtico sin perder humanidad, y literariamente refinado sin afectación. Cartas desde Egipto es a la vez un documento histórico, una obra de viaje, un ensayo moral y un retrato personal de una mujer que supo mirar más allá de las fronteras culturales de su tiempo.
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