El Viento Que Arrasa The Wind That Lays Waste
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El Viento Que Arrasa The Wind That Lays Waste
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Author : Selva Almada
language : es
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2022-02-22
El Viento Que Arrasa The Wind That Lays Waste written by Selva Almada and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-22 with Fiction categories.
La llegada de un predicador y su hija al taller de un mecánico y su ayudante en medio del monte chaqueño bajo el sol abrasador anuncia cambios y tormentas. El calor agobia en el monte chaqueño. ¿Lloverá? Varados por una falla mecánica, el reverendo Pearson y su hija Leni esperan pacientes que el Gringo Bauer y Tapioca, el chico que hace años han dejado a su cuidado, pueda repararla para seguir camino. En ese cementerio de autos desmantelados y chatarra agrícola, los adolescentes pasan el rato y los adultos conversan sobre sus propias vidas. El encuentro inesperado cambiará a todos. Padres de sus hijos, hijos a su vez, los adultos se verán confrontados a sus creencias y pasados, un modo de prepararse para lo que vendrá. Novela imprescindible, ganadora del First Book Award en el Festival Internacional del Libro de Edinburgo, El viento que arrasa convirtió inmediatamente a Selva Almada en una voz poderosa y nueva que proyectó su singularidad a toda la literatura argentina. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A taut, lyrical portrait of four people thrown together on a single day in rural Argentina The Wind That Lays Waste begins in the great pause before a storm. Reverend Pearson is evangelizing across the Argentinian countryside with Leni, his teenage daughter, when their car breaks down. This act of God or fate leads them to the workshop and home of an aging mechanic called Gringo Brauer and a young boy named Tapioca. As a long day passes, curiosity and intrigue transform into an unexpected intimacy between four people: one man who believes deeply in God, morality, and his own righteousness, and another whose life experiences have only entrenched his moral relativism and mild apathy; a quietly earnest and idealistic mechanic’s assistant, and a restless, skeptical preacher’s daughter. As tensions between these characters ebb and flow, beliefs are questioned and allegiances are tested, until finally the growing storm breaks over the plains. Selva Almada’s exquisitely crafted novel, with its limpid and confident prose, is profound and poetic, a tactile experience of the mountain, the sun, the squat trees, the broken cars, the sweat-stained shirts, and the destroyed lives. The Wind That Lays Waste is a philosophical, beautiful, and powerfully distinctive novel that marks the arrival in English of an author whose talent and poise are undeniable. An essential novel, winner of the First Book Award at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, The Wind That Lays Waste immediately turned Selva Almada into a powerfuland new voice that projected its uniqueness to all Argentine literature.
The Wind That Lays Waste
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Author : Selva Almada
language : en
Publisher: Charco Press
Release Date : 2019
The Wind That Lays Waste written by Selva Almada and has been published by Charco Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Argentina categories.
La 4ème de couv. indique : "The Wind That Lays Waste begins in the great pause before a storm. Reverend Pearson is evangelizing across the Argentinian countryside with Leni, his teenage daughter, when their car breaks down. This act of God or fate leads them to the workshop and home of an aging mechanic called Gringo Brauer and a young boy named Tapioca. As a long day passes, curiosity and intrigue transform into an unexpected intimacy between four people: one man who believes deeply in God, morality, and his own righteousness, and another whose life experiences have only entrenched his moral relativism and mild apathy; a quietly earnest and idealistic mechanics assistant, and a restless, sceptical preachers daughter. As tensions between these characters ebb and flow, beliefs are questioned and allegiances are tested, until finally the growing storm breaks over the plains.."
El Viento Que Arrasa
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Author : Selva Almada
language : es
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE
Release Date : 2020-09-01
El Viento Que Arrasa written by Selva Almada and has been published by RANDOM HOUSE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-01 with Fiction categories.
La llegada de un predicador y su hija al taller de un mecánico y su ayudante en medio del monte chaqueño bajo el sol abrasador anuncia cambios y tormentas. "El viento que arrasa no es un ejercicio de estilo, al contrario: es una obra madura, con un manejo hábil del registro oral y una sensorialidad descriptiva alejada de aquel minimalismo expresivo tan corriente en los últimos años. Escritura sin apenas lirismo, sobria, y precisamente por ello de gran fuerza poética." Isaac Rosa, El País El calor agobia en el monte chaqueño. ¿Lloverá? Varados por una falla mecánica, el reverendo Pearson y su hija Leni esperan pacientes que el Gringo Bauer y Tapioca, el chico que hace años han dejado a su cuidado, pueda repararla para seguir camino. En ese cementerio de autos desmantelados y chatarra agrícola, los adolescentes pasan el rato y los adultos conversan sobre sus propias vidas. El encuentro inesperado cambiará a todos. Padres de sus hijos, hijos a su vez, los adultos se verán confrontados a sus creencias y pasados, un modo de prepararse para lo que vendrá. Novela imprescindible, El viento que arrasa convirtió inmediatamente a Selva Almada en una voz poderosa y nueva que proyectó su singularidad a toda la literatura argentina. La crítica ha dicho... "El viento que arrasa es un libro exquisitamente diseñado, proporcionando una experiencia profunda, poética y tangible del paisaje. Se cuenta con la precisión cinematográfica de una road movie estática, como una París, Texas del sur. Es una novela distintiva que marca la llegada al inglés de una autora con un talento innegable." Fallo del jurado del First Book Award del Festival Internacional del Libro de Edimburgo 2019 "El viento que arrasa es una novela de hoy que elige de modo original dentro de la lengua, sin grandes gestos ni anuncios, sólo porque está contando otra cosa." Beatriz Sarlo, Perfil "En su realismo de repercusiones mágicas, confluyen Onetti y el Borges de "El Sur" con la sombra inflamada de Horacio Quiroga, pero la calidad y resolución de su prosa activan una sugestión que es exclusiva de Selva Almada." Francisco Solano, El País "Selva Almada es una escritora clara y densa. Sólo necesita unas pocas oraciones para transmitir una atmósfera, una silueta, el carácter de un hombre en una situación." Philippe Lançon, Libération
A History Of Argentine Literature
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Author : Alejandra Laera
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-16
A History Of Argentine Literature written by Alejandra Laera and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-16 with Literary Criticism categories.
Argentine Literature continues to figure prominently in academic programs in the English-speaking world, and it has an increasing presence in English translation in international prizes and trade journals. A History of Argentine Literature proposes a major reimagining of Argentine literature attentive to production in indigenous and migration languages and to current debates in Literary Studies. Panoramic in scope and incisive in its in-depth studies of authors, works, and theoretical problems, this volume builds on available scholarship on canonical works but opens up the field to include a more diverse rendering as well as engaging with the full spectrum of textual interventions from travel writing to drama, from popular 'gauchesca' to celebrated avant guard works Working at the crossroads of disciplines, languages and critical traditions, this book accounts for the wealth of Argentine cultural production and maps the rich, diverse and often overlooked history of Argentine literature.
Handbook Of Latin American Studies Vol 76
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Author : Katherine D. McCann
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2023-03-28
Handbook Of Latin American Studies Vol 76 written by Katherine D. McCann and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-28 with Reference categories.
The newest volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies.
Dead Girls
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Author : Selva Almada
language : en
Publisher: Charco Press
Release Date : 2020-09-03
Dead Girls written by Selva Almada and has been published by Charco Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-03 with Fiction categories.
In this brutal, gripping novel, Selva Almada narrates the case of three small-town teenage girls murdered in the 1980's in the interior of Argentina.Three deaths without culprits: 19-year old Andrea Danne, stabbed in her own bed; 15-year old María Luisa Quevedo, raped, strangled, and dumped in wasteland; and 20-year old Sarita Mundín, whose disfigured body was found on a river bank. Almada takes these and other tales of abused women to weave together a dry, straightforward portrait of gender violence that surpasses national borders and speaks to readers' consciousness all over the world.Following the success of The Wind That Lays Waste , internationally acclaimed Argentinian author Selva Almada dives into the heart of this problem with a reported novel, comparable to Truman Capote's In Cold Blood or John Hersey's Hiroshima , in response to the urgent need for attention to the ongoing catastrophe that is femicide.Not a police chronicle, not a thriller, but a contemporary noir novel that lives in the hearts of these women and the men who have abused them. Almada captures the invisible, and with lyrical brutality, blazes a new trail in journalistic fiction.
Brickmakers
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Author : Selva Almada
language : en
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Release Date : 2021-11-02
Brickmakers written by Selva Almada and has been published by Graywolf Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-02 with Fiction categories.
A piercing and passionate novel, set in rural Argentina, about violence and masculinity Oscar Tamai and Elvio Miranda, the patriarchs of two families of brickmakers, have for years nursed a mutual hatred, but their teenage sons, Pájaro and Ángelito, somehow fell in love. Brickmakers begins as Pájaro and Marciano, Ángelito’s older brother, lie dying in the mud at the base of a Ferris wheel. Inhabiting a dreamlike state between life and death, they recall the events that forced them to pay the price of their fathers’ petty feud. The Tamai and Miranda families are caught, like the Capulets and the Montagues, in an almost mythic conflict, one that emerges from stubborn pride and intractable machismo. Like her heralded debut, The Wind That Lays Waste, Selva Almada’s fierce and tender second novel is an unforgettable portrayal of characters who initially seem to stand in opposition, but are ultimately revealed to be bound by their similarities. Almada enlarges the tradition of some of the most distinctive prose stylists of our time. In Brickmakers, she furthers her extraordinary exploration of masculinity and the realities of working-class rural life. This is another exquisitely written and powerfully told story by a major international voice.
Brothers And Sisters
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Author : Ariel Andrés Almada
language : en
Publisher: Cuento de Luz
Release Date : 2021-10-01
Brothers And Sisters written by Ariel Andrés Almada and has been published by Cuento de Luz this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Following on from the success of Little One and Son, from the same creative team comes Brothers & Sisters. This lyrical, stunning picture book is a warm-hearted tribute to siblings and their magical bond, with stunning art by award-winning illustrator Sonja Wimmer. It’s true that sometimes we fight when we want to play with the same toys. But when night falls, we snuggle up together and fall asleep while we read fairy tales to each other. We’re similar in so many ways! And we’re different in others. But one thing is for sure, and that is that we’ll always be there to help each other out. It doesn’t matter if stormy nights or evening shadows come to visit us. As long as we are together, we will get through them. We’ve learned so many things together, and discovered that the day and the night, even though they seem so different, form a part of the same melody. Brothers & Sisters is an inclusive picture book, both for boys and girls, for brothers by blood and for brothers of life. Both sisters and brothers appear in this magic tale that will delight the little ones in the house.
The Success And Failure Of Picasso
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Author : John Berger
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-12-21
The Success And Failure Of Picasso written by John Berger and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
At the height of his powers, Pablo Picasso was the artist as revolutionary, breaking through the niceties of form in order to mount a direct challenge to the values of his time. At the height of his fame, he was the artist as royalty: incalculably wealthy, universally idolized−and wholly isolated. In this stunning critical assessment, John Berger−one of this century's most insightful cultural historians−trains his penetrating gaze upon this most prodigious and enigmatic painter and on the Spanish landscape and very particular culture that shpaed his life and work. Writing with a novelist's sensuous evocation of character and detail, and drawing on an erudition that embraces history, politics, and art, Berger follows Picasso from his childhood in Malaga to the Blue Period and Cubism, from the creation of Guernica to the pained etchings of his final years. He gives us the full measure of Picasso's triumphs and an unsparing reckoning of their cost−in exile, in loneliness, and in a desolation that drove him, in his last works, into an old man's furious and desperate frenzy at the beauty of what he could no longer create.
Roberto Bola O S Fiction
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Author : Chris Andrews
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-29
Roberto Bola O S Fiction written by Chris Andrews and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
Since the publication of The Savage Detectives in 2007, the work of Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003) has achieved an acclaim rarely enjoyed by literature in translation. Chris Andrews, a leading translator of Bolaño's work into English, explores the singular achievements of the author's oeuvre, engaging with its distinct style and key thematic concerns, incorporating his novels and stories into the larger history of Latin American and global literary fiction. Andrews provides new readings and interpretations of Bolaño's novels, including 2666, The Savage Detectives, and By Night in Chile, while at the same time examining the ideas and narrative strategies that unify his work. He begins with a consideration of the reception of Bolaño's fiction in English translation, examining the reasons behind its popularity. Subsequent chapters explore aspects of Bolaño's fictional universe and the political, ethical, and aesthetic values that shape it. Bolaño emerges as the inventor of a prodigiously effective "fiction-making system," a subtle handler of suspense, a chronicler of aimlessness, a celebrator of courage, an anatomist of evil, and a proponent of youthful openness. Written in a clear and engaging style, Roberto Bolano's Fiction offers an invaluable understanding of one of the most important authors of the last thirty years.