Prosa del Observatorio / From the Observatory Contributor(s): Cortázar, Julio (Author) |
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ISBN: 842041963X ISBN-13: 9788420419633 Publisher: Alfaguara OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Language: Spanish Published: January 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Caribbean & Latin American |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 9.4" (0.60 lbs) 96 pages |
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Publisher Description: Prosa del observatorio es, a pesar de la confesi n del primer sustanttivo, un texto claramente po tico. Julio Cort zar, uno de los mejores escritores contempor neos, convoca la noche de Jai Singh (bebiendo un flujo de estrellas), los observatorios de Jaipur y de Delhi, el anillo de Moebius y la regi n de los sargazos, en un juego de im genes que se entrelazan y combinan, como compases de una estructura musical. El mirador desde el que se descifran y rastrean los signos ocultos del cielo -Jaipur y la torre del sult n- o el fondo del oc ano, con su mar de sargazos y el movimiento envolvente de las anguilas, son los instrjmentos apropiados para este c digo po tico de delicadas aproximaciones, toda vez que la poes a se funda en la ambig edad y en el contacto fulminante de dos signos inesperadamente conjugados por la imaginaci n o el ritmo, ese creador de met foras. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONPerhaps Cort zar's most unconventional work, From the Observatory moves from descriptions of the life cycle of the Atlantic eel to glimpses of the unearthly structures of an observatory built in Jaipur by an 18th-century Indian prince. This architectural wonder is not merely a place dedicated to astronomical observation but also a space that bears witness to the dreams of those who entered it. Cortazar's haunting photos of this enigmatic place flow into other images - streets, oceans, night skies - which then flow into his verbal dance with a dream logic all its own. Like fish unaware of why they are migrating, readers will be pulled into this fantastic current. |