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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Monumental tongue and mind-twister,
By A Customer
This review is from: Tres Tristes Tigres/Three Trapped Tigers (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
"Tres tristes tigres," a Spanish tongue-twister, is the title of Cabrera-Infante's anti-novel, and as this book's title suggests, what lies between the book's covers is nothing short of a never-ending mental-linguistic twister of epic proportions. The book grabs the reader on page one and takes him on a linguistic roller-coaster, a mental labyrinth, and a chaos of events at once discrete but united, as music might be both cacophonous and melodious. And all of this with Havana's nightlife as the backdrop. Don't look for a plot: there is none. But what there is is a rendering of words and language in a format never before seen, nor seen since. Cabrera-Infante's work will confuse; entertain; at times it may even bore you, but in its entirety you can see the man's genius. Once you put the book down you will realize that language--what distinguishes us from animals--is nothing more than ink on paper; sounds from mouths; misinterpretations, reinterpretations, random, chaotic inventions that we--just like he--can use for our own purposes. In the end, maybe we can't trust our ears. Or in this case, our eyes.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ella cantaba boleros,
By Luis Méndez (Republica Dominicana) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tres Tristes Tigres (Paperback)
Tres Tristes Tigres G. Cabrera InfanteLa noche, esa que siempre vuelve y nos envuelve con su encanto y sus canciones, con sus bares y sus cantantes noctívagos, con los habitantes noctámbulos que aun siendo los mismos son siempre diferentes a los del día. Esos seres que al final de la noche mueren o quedan postrados en la cama esperando que el día siga su curso y de paso a la noche... Y siempre, no importa como lo sumes siempre será 15 de arriba abajo y de derecha a izquierda o incluso de forma transversal. Y sabiendo que la vida es más grande que todo esto, que la vida contiene los números que creamos, los dioses a quienes les damos vida, las filosofías que nos sustentan, y las ciencias que nos educan, siempre cede el hombre ante el impulso de dejarse llevar por un credo que limita su libertad en detrimento de su creatividad. Es por eso que me gusto esta obra, es fresca, interesante, creativa, no se deja arrastra por ningún tipo de idea y critica casi todo. Luis Méndez.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Del gozo de escribir al gozo de leer.,
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This review is from: Tres Tristes Tigres (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Uno de los mejores libros modernos de Cuba (sino el mejor) y de AL., un monumento al lenguaje, al humor y a la nostalgia. Cabrera Infante, uno de los beneficiados del boom, sigue su propio camino en esta novela que ya es un clásico cubano y L.A.
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