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ISBN10: 8420477672
ISBN13: 9788420477671
Publisher: Alfaguara
Published: Aug 20 2024
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.43
Language: Spanish
ISBN13: 9788420477671
Publisher: Alfaguara
Published: Aug 20 2024
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.43
Language: Spanish
El nuevo libro de Rosa Montero, Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas
La realidad convertida en la mejor literatura
«Por la creación de un universo personal, cuya temática refleja sus compromisos vitales y existenciales, que ha sido calificado como la ética de la esperanza .
La realidad convertida en la mejor literatura
«Por la creación de un universo personal, cuya temática refleja sus compromisos vitales y existenciales, que ha sido calificado como la ética de la esperanza .
Jurado del Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas
«Una cree entrever por un momento, como bajo el latigazo de un relámpago, el trasfondo de lo real .
La matanza de los abogados de Atocha, el intento de golpe de Estado, las vÃsperas del éxodo en Riaño, la gira del papa por España, la de Miguel RÃos con su exitosÃsimo Rock and RÃos, el juicio por la desaparición del Nani, los estragos de la droga, los del terrorismo... En la década de los ochenta, España vivió una época apasionante: la Transición. Como muestra este libro, los años del mayor intento colectivo de democratización y modernización del paÃs fueron turbulentos, caleidoscópicos, llenos de violencia y de esperanza al mismo tiempo. Cuentos verdaderos reúne las crónicas y los reportajes que Rosa Montero, una de las voces más importantes del periodismo y la literatura de las últimas décadas, publicó en El PaÃs durante el periodo 1978-1988. Escritos la mayorÃa de ellos con las técnicas de la mejor ficción y alejada ya en el tiempo la urgencia por contar la actualidad, se leen hoy como si fueran relatos. Es la literatura abriéndose paso impetuosamente. La autora afirma en el prólogo: «Estas crónicas nos trasladan a territorios remotos. Hay otros mundos, pero están en éste, como decÃa Éluard. En ocasiones resultan tan insólitas, tan alucinantes, que me siento un poco como esas presentadoras de las antiguas ferias que se desgañitaban anunciando los gabinetes de curiosidades: el Hombre Serpiente, la Mujer Barbuda... Aquà estoy, en efecto, plantada ante la puerta. Y simplemente digo: pasen y vean . ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The new book by Rosa Montero, winner of the National Prize for Spanish Literature
Reality elevated to the ranks of literature
The Atocha massacre, an attempted coup d'état, the flooding of Riaño, the Pope's visit, Miguel RÃos's Rock and RÃos tour, the trial of the accused killers of El Nani, the drug epidemic, terrorism... The 1980s were a tumultuous decade in Spain, as the country made the transition from dictatorship and collectively embraced democratization and modernization. As evidenced by this book, it was a period that was at once turbulent, multi-faceted, violent and hopeful. True Tales is a compilation of reports and accounts published by Rosa Montero, one of the most important voices in Spanish journalism and literature, in Spain's El PaÃs newspaper between 1978 and 1988. Using sophisticated literary techniques, and several decades removed from the urgency that propelled them, these pieces read more like fiction today, marking their transition into literature. As Montero explains in the prologue: These accounts transport us to far-off territories. There are other worlds, but they are in this one, as Éluard said. They are sometimes so strange, so unbelievable, that I feel a little like a carnival barker for a sideshow like the Snake Man or the Bearded Lady... And that's really all I'm doing: standing at the door and saying, 'come inside; see for yourselves.'
«Una cree entrever por un momento, como bajo el latigazo de un relámpago, el trasfondo de lo real .
La matanza de los abogados de Atocha, el intento de golpe de Estado, las vÃsperas del éxodo en Riaño, la gira del papa por España, la de Miguel RÃos con su exitosÃsimo Rock and RÃos, el juicio por la desaparición del Nani, los estragos de la droga, los del terrorismo... En la década de los ochenta, España vivió una época apasionante: la Transición. Como muestra este libro, los años del mayor intento colectivo de democratización y modernización del paÃs fueron turbulentos, caleidoscópicos, llenos de violencia y de esperanza al mismo tiempo. Cuentos verdaderos reúne las crónicas y los reportajes que Rosa Montero, una de las voces más importantes del periodismo y la literatura de las últimas décadas, publicó en El PaÃs durante el periodo 1978-1988. Escritos la mayorÃa de ellos con las técnicas de la mejor ficción y alejada ya en el tiempo la urgencia por contar la actualidad, se leen hoy como si fueran relatos. Es la literatura abriéndose paso impetuosamente. La autora afirma en el prólogo: «Estas crónicas nos trasladan a territorios remotos. Hay otros mundos, pero están en éste, como decÃa Éluard. En ocasiones resultan tan insólitas, tan alucinantes, que me siento un poco como esas presentadoras de las antiguas ferias que se desgañitaban anunciando los gabinetes de curiosidades: el Hombre Serpiente, la Mujer Barbuda... Aquà estoy, en efecto, plantada ante la puerta. Y simplemente digo: pasen y vean . ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The new book by Rosa Montero, winner of the National Prize for Spanish Literature
Reality elevated to the ranks of literature
The Atocha massacre, an attempted coup d'état, the flooding of Riaño, the Pope's visit, Miguel RÃos's Rock and RÃos tour, the trial of the accused killers of El Nani, the drug epidemic, terrorism... The 1980s were a tumultuous decade in Spain, as the country made the transition from dictatorship and collectively embraced democratization and modernization. As evidenced by this book, it was a period that was at once turbulent, multi-faceted, violent and hopeful. True Tales is a compilation of reports and accounts published by Rosa Montero, one of the most important voices in Spanish journalism and literature, in Spain's El PaÃs newspaper between 1978 and 1988. Using sophisticated literary techniques, and several decades removed from the urgency that propelled them, these pieces read more like fiction today, marking their transition into literature. As Montero explains in the prologue: These accounts transport us to far-off territories. There are other worlds, but they are in this one, as Éluard said. They are sometimes so strange, so unbelievable, that I feel a little like a carnival barker for a sideshow like the Snake Man or the Bearded Lady... And that's really all I'm doing: standing at the door and saying, 'come inside; see for yourselves.'
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