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El arpa y la sombra (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Alejo Carpentier (Author)
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9682303826 978-9682303821 January 1, 1999 18
El novelista cubano vuelve a incursionar en la historia, ahora para recrear todo ese proceso increible que fue el intento de canonizar al Almirante de la Mar Oceana, Cristobal Colon y, a traves de un monologo alucinante, vital, las confesiones del marino genoves en el lecho de muerte. Las elucubraciones de papas y abogados del diablo prestan el contrapunto final que habra de marcar para siempre la vida en el mas alla del descubridor de America.

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Articulada en torno a la figura de Cristobal Colon y al intento que de canonizarle llevara a cabo Pio IX, EL ARPA y LA SOMBRA es una obra en la que la maestria narrativa y el dominio del lenguaje de Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980) brillan con intensidad especial. En manos del gran escritor cubano, en efecto, la figura del descubridor se revela como materia insuperable para explorar los matices y claroscuros no solo del individuo en si, sino tambien en relacion con la realidad que lo circunda: un vinculo complejo en que lo que aparece como sombra ­la mediocridad como marino, la usurpacion de conocimientos ajenos, la impostura­ se transmuta acaso, por obra de la determinacion, en el destellante resplandor de lo maravilloso que de pronto irrumpe en la opaca vida diaria. --Los editores --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Siglo XXI; 18 edition (January 1, 1999)
  • Language: Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 9682303826
  • ISBN-13: 978-9682303821
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars repensando a colon, September 19, 2000
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Esta obra es un análisis de la vida de Cristóbal Colon, vista desde un punto de vista irónico y divertido a la vez. El autor hace uso del lenguaje barroco y la novela, aunque es corta, parece cargada. La vida de colon es vista desde la perspectiva presente, por un papa que favorece la santificación del marinero para crear una unión entre las iglesias Europeas y Americanas. El segundo capitulo muestra a un hombre movido por la ambición de un oro que parece eludirle en cada viaje y quien después de fallidos intentos ve en el negocio de esclavos el beneficio que tanto le elude. Hacia el final de su vida tenemos un hombre que no desconoce el valor de su gloria, pero se ve plagado, porque quizás no le reconocerán su gloria. Ya el capitulo final, muestra la derrota del personaje al serle negada la canonización. Es un excelente libro, escrito un año antes de la muerte de Alejo Carpentier y que deja ver claramente su estilo barroco y su uso de la lengua española.

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