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Don Segundo Sombra
Inspired in Don Segundo Ramirez, a cattle drover Ricardo Giraldes met personally and whose tomb lies in San Antonio de Areco, very close to the author's own, don Segundo Sombra more than a novel is a lesson on the gaucho lifestyle. Ricardo Giraldes, a friend of Jorge Luis Borges -they both founded the legendary magazine Proa- managed to develop a simple and modern language...more
Paperback, 172 pages
Published
September 21st 2004
by Stockcero
(first published 1926)
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" Come un fiume che incontra una gora, io turbinavo sulla mia profondità, colmato da una pace pesante.
Poi fui stanco di rimuovermi l'anima."
Bellissimo romanzo di formazione ambientato nella pampa argentina. Scritto magistralmente bene.
Non tragga in inganno la semplicità paradigmatica della vicenda, e lo stile apparentemente piano, colloquiale che ne costituisce il registro formale. Le frasi brevi, i pochi scarni dialoghi, le fulminanti similitudini mimeticamente evocano la essenzialità di vite...more
Poi fui stanco di rimuovermi l'anima."
Bellissimo romanzo di formazione ambientato nella pampa argentina. Scritto magistralmente bene.
Non tragga in inganno la semplicità paradigmatica della vicenda, e lo stile apparentemente piano, colloquiale che ne costituisce il registro formale. Le frasi brevi, i pochi scarni dialoghi, le fulminanti similitudini mimeticamente evocano la essenzialità di vite...more
In preparation for an upcoming trip to Argentina (November-December 2011), I have read the three classics of the gaucho way of life. These are, in the order they were written, Domingo Sarmiento's Facundo, Jose Hernandez's Martin Fierro, and finally Ricardo Guiraldes's Don Segundo Sombra: Shadows on the Prairies.
The unnamed narrator is a guacho, an orphan or waif -- not to be confused with gaucho. To become a gaucho -- free of his meddlesome aunts and the irritating life of the town -- is his he...more
The unnamed narrator is a guacho, an orphan or waif -- not to be confused with gaucho. To become a gaucho -- free of his meddlesome aunts and the irritating life of the town -- is his he...more
I once asked my mother some time ago what favourite novels she had growing up as an Argentinean. She quickly answered ‘oh, all the usual English, French and American classics and probably some rubbish as well’. That wasn’t good enough for me and I tried again with a slightly different tack and though reticent to share, with a bit of persistence she eventually gave me the names of two writers whose works are considered celebrated and synonymous with Argentina. The first name was Jorge Luis Borges...more
Es posible que esta novela no suponga ninguna novedad en términos de técnica literaria. Al contrario, es una novela clásica, idealista, heroica, mítica. Tal vez por eso me gustó, me hizo volver a sentirme adolescente platónico cuando pasaba de treinta posmodernos. Y además, siempre me gustó el campito.
May 11, 2009
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This is a classic in Argentine literature. It established the gaucho as a romanticized figure in Argentine culture. My wife and I visited the gaucho museum, dedicated to the book's author, Ricardo Guiraldes, in San Antonio, Argentina, located in the heart of pampas country.
Permitame Don Martin Fierro y arrempujese a un lado que aqui viene Don Segundo Sombra.
Beautiful book. It comes around full circle. The literature is expertly and emotionally descriptive. It was very satifisfying.
Excelente: este libro es necesario para la vida. Lírico, sencillo. Verdadera literatura.
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I will definitely pick up a copy of"A Thousand Veils".I'm anxious to read a new author.
joan dugan
May 07, 2009 06:54pm