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La balsa de piedra (Punto de Lectura) (Spanish Edition) [Mass Market Paperback]

José Saramago (Author)
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Punto de Lectura March 12, 2001
A large crack along the Pyrenees separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe causing Spain and Portugal to become a great floating island. The characters on this great ship made of rock travel endlessly towards a new utopia.

Description in Spanish:

Nosotros también somos ibéricos. De la noche a la mañana Europa apareció cubierta con esta pintada.

"La balsa de piedra" parte de un audaz planteamiento narrativo. Una grieta abierta espontáneamente a lo largo de los Pirineos provoca la separación del continente europeo de toda la península Ibérica, transformándola en una gran isla flotante, moviéndose sin remos ni velas ni hélices en dirección al sur del mundo, camino de una utopía nueva: el encuentro cultural de los pueblos del otro lado del Atlántico, desafiando así el dominio sofocante que Estados Unidos de la América del Norte vienen ejerciendo en aquellos parajes.

Una visión dos veces utópica entendería esta ficción política como una metáfora mucho más generosa y humana: que Europa, toda ella, deberá trasladarse hacia el sur de manera que, en compensación por sus abusos coloniales, antiguos y modernos, ayude a equilibrar el mundo. Es decir, Europa finalmente como ética.

Los personajes de "La balsa de piedra" -dos mujeres, tres hombres y un perro- viajan incansablemente a través de la Península mientras ella va surcando el océano. El mundo está cambiando y ellos sabe que deben buscar en sí mismos las personas nuevas en que se convertirán. Eso les basta.


Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Punto de Lectura (March 12, 2001)
  • Language: Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 8466302328
  • ISBN-13: 978-8466302326
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,481,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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3.0 out of 5 stars Ni bueno ni malo, April 4, 2009
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Si nunca has leido algo de Saramago no te recomiendo empezar con este libro. Lee 'ensayo sobre la ceguera' o 'las intermitencias de la muerte' primero, luego pasa a este u otro porque si no, te parecerá todo mucha palabreria y preámbulo para decir una cosa. Pero ese es el estilo de Saramago es solo que en esta historia no es tan cautivante. Con todo, he leido casi todos los libros de este autor.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The poetic gaze!, December 10, 2006
This work may be the most original and emblematic metaphor written in the last half century. Suddenly a set of internal breakthroughs may be felt around the perimeter of Spain; this chain of events will eventaully lead to Spain to dissociate from Europe and son in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean the island will progressively get close into America.

A prodigious and pleasant ro read novel.
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