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El amor a la ciudad

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Spanish

192 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1996

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Alejo Carpentier

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Writings of Cuban author, musicologist, and diplomat Alejo Carpentier influenced the development of magical realism; his novels include El siglo de las luces! (1962) and The Kingdom of This World (1949).

Alejo Carpentier Blagoobrasoff, an essayist, greatly influenced Latin American literature during its "boom" period.

Perhaps most important intellectual figure of the 20th century, this classically trained pianist and theorist of politics and literature produced avant-garde radio programming. Best known Carpentier also collaborated with such luminaries as Igor Stravinsky, Darius Milhaud, Georges Bataille, and Antonin Artaud. With Havana, he strongly self-identified throughout his life. People jailed and exiled him, who lived for many years in France and Venezuela but after the revolution of 1959 returned. He died in Paris, but survivors buried his body in Havana.

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April 24, 2021
Questo libricino raccoglie diversi testi (saggi, articoli, racconti) che l'autore dedicò a L'Avana dagli anni Venti agli anni Settanta.
Alejo Carpentier ci offre i dettagli vivaci della vita habanera del secolo scorso, abbracciando tutta una città nei suoi vicoli, le strade, i monumenti, i teatri, i cinema, ma anche le attività economiche e commerciali.
Lo sguardo è quello dal di dentro, a volte assolutame letterale (Carpentier ci svela le case cubane e i loro dettagli architettonici).
La prosa, anche nei testi più "divulgativi", è sempre sospesa, quasi orale, come un racconto di un amico che torna da un lungo viaggio e inanella in mille incisi la voglia di raccontarci tutto.
E in più, fa venire nostalgia di tornare a La Avana.
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