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El anatomista [Paperback]

Federico Andahazi (Author)
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September 1, 1998
Publicada por aclamación pública en Argentina, El anatomista de Federico Andahazi lleva a los lectores a Venecia en el siglo XVI. Pues este es el momento y el lugar donde Mateo Colón, el anatomista, está a punto de hacer un descubrimiento insólito: el centro del universo erótico en la mujer. Colón siempre se ha visto a si mismo como un hombre de razón y ciencia en una época muy supersticiosa. Pero hasta él se ve tentado a utilizar el arte quimérico, cuando se enfrenta al antiguo reto, que puede destruir las más grandes mentes: Cómo hacer a una mujer profunda y deliciosamente feliz?

El anatomista nos recuerda el alcance del exuberante sentido histórico de Umberto Eco, y el ingenio desinhibido y sensual de Gabriel García Márquez. Con prosa tan delicada y suelta como una manta de seda, Federico Andahazi lleva a sus lectores en un viaje provocativo, recordándoles un territorio que jamás será completamente conquistado, pero cuya exploración y descubrimiento nos brindan satisfacción interminable.

Autor bestseller en Argentina, su país de origen, Federico Andahazi nació en Buenos Aires en 1963. Sus cuentos han recibido muchos premios y El anatomista es su primera novela.

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Mateo Colon, an anatomist of the Renaissance period, falls in love with Mona Sofia, a Venetian prostitute. Searching to find a potion that will induce her to fall in love with him, he embarks on an exploration of the mysterious nature of women. In an act of daring, he starts experimenting with prostitutes and, something totally prohibited at the time, dissecting dead bodies. He thereby discovers the clitoris, a part of the anatomy until then unknown. However, before making his discovery public he must face the powers of the Inquisition. In the end, he is blacklisted and must find refuge with his beloved Mona Sofia. This lyrically written work, which is based on fact, received the prestigious Fortabat Award for the best Argentinean novel of the year. Recommended for public libraries. [The English-language version will be released by Doubleday in June.?Ed.]?Jorge Gonzale.
-?Jorge Gonzalez
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Text: Spanish --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Anchor; 1ST edition (September 1, 1998)
  • Language: Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 0385492103
  • ISBN-13: 978-9684067097
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars El anatomista de Federico Andahazi, reflexión sobre el poder, April 2, 2000
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EL ANATOMISTA, DE FEDERICO ANDAHAZI, REFLEXION SOBRE EL PODER.

"El Anatomista" del escritor argentino Federico Andahazi, irrumpió en las librerias y se convirtió en poco tiempo en uno de los libros más vendidos, trás el escandalo que propiciara la Sra Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat cuando expresó su inconformidad por habersele otorgado el Premio Joven Literatura 1996 que su fundación presidia, a la novela El Anatomista y que el jurado consideró era la mejor dentro de todas las que fueron presentadas. Desde entonces "El Anatomista" permaneció en los primeros puestos de ventas, generando controversias y evocando el exito de libros como " El Perfume" de Patrick Suskind, o El Amante de Marguerite Duras. Federico Andahazi, sencillo, solitario, casi anónimo, vestido de jeans, con el cabello largo atado atrás y dos aros atravesando sus orejas puntiagudas, sin dejarse perturbar por la fama imprevista y el exito de su novela traducida a 15 idiomas, expresó durante su conferencia en la Feria Internacional del Libro de Miami, en Noviembre de 1998, que "paradojicamente su libro, al igual que el protagonista de su novela Mateo Colón, habia sido victima de la censura. " Lo que irritó de El Anatomista fue su reflexión en torno al poder" dijo Andahazi. "La sexualidad femenina ha sido siempre un problema para el poder". Andahazi aclaró que su novela escudriña las relaciones entre la ciencia y el poder. El Anatomista es un libro cargado de humor, de poesía, de erotismo. Es violento, anticlerical, sarcástico, irreverente. Sus personajes Mateo Colón, Mona Sofía e Inés de Torremolinos, ingresaron a la galería de personajes inolvidables. "El anatomista" es una historia de amor insólita, la del amante que en su búsqueda de la fórmula mágica que sojuzgue a la mujer amada, encuentra "su América", "el amor veneris" y se empeña en darlo a conocer a la humanidad aún a costa de su propia vida. Es al mismo tiempo la historia del hombre de ciencia que lucha contra los tabúes impuestos por la religión católica.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars La ciencia del siglo XVI, December 26, 2000
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Andahazi relata una novela con una creatividad muy especial, sinemabargo el uso de su lenguaje no es el mas apropiado para abordar este estilo, el Anatomista es un personaje que es acusado de brujeria por la Inquisicion, queriendo estudiar el cuerpo humano y descubre donde reside una parte importante del placer femenino. Toda su historia esta hecha con un gran ingenio y mucha labor de investigacion de los catedraticos del siglo XVI, pero su descripcion del enamoramiento del Anatomista con la mas cotizada prostituta de la epoca, y la vida de prostibulos, y de los circulos de los catedraticos universitarios parecen haber salido de un libro escrito en aquella epoca, que solamente se justifica en el alegato que escribe para la defensa que entabla en contra de la Santa Inquisicion tratando de demostrar su inocencia, que definitivamente es la parte medular de su tematica y realizado muy bien. Su narracion en el plano romantico y sentimental parece ser mas cientifico y dirigido hacia los descubrimientos anatomicos femeninos, a pesar que se encuentra perdidamente enamorado de una prostituta, y que su primer descubrimiento genera un profundo amor no correspondido, tal vez queriendo emular la vision de un catedratico universitario de esa epoca.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A book that will change your life (possibly)., September 22, 1998
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Sex, love, passion and hypocrisy are integral parts of the human psyche, but it is rare that their literary echo is of such power. When Federico Andahazi won his native Argentina's most important literary award, the Fortabat prize. That a first novel could stir up so much controversy and media attention is in itself quite a mystery, but so is the novel's subject matter. Set in Renaissance Italy the story has all the elements of any modern novel, but it has more bite than many. Its central character, Mateo Colon, supposedly discovered the clitoris and was deemed a heretic. For his contemporaries such knowledge was deemed unthinkable as society could not accept women as having any role to play. Pleasure, be it sexual or otherwise was a male dominated demesne and if the reaction to the novel in Argentina is any guide, remains so. Through his discovery we gain great insight into human sexuality and above all that of women. The story is of a beauty and depth that make it a must for any discerning reader. It has certain echoes of Suskind's Perfume, but without the perversity. The author's treatment of women in the novel belies a greater sensitivity than that which would normally be associated with male writers, which he combines with a certain degree of wit. The journey of discovery undertaken by the good doctor is paralleled by that of Columbus (Colon in Spanish) who left the known world to chart something equally mysterious and beautiful. For the reader the experience is of equal power and may give you a whole new outlook on sexuality.
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