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En quién piensas cuando haces el amor?
Spanish
273 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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Homero Aridjis
110 books64 followersHomero Aridjis, a Mexican writer and diplomat, was born to a Greek father and Mexican mother; he was the youngest of five brothers. As a child, Aridjis would often walk up a hillside near his home to watch the migrating monarch butterflies. As he grew older logging thinned the forest. This and other events in his life caused him to co-found the Grupo de los Cien, the Group of 100, an association of one hundred artists and intellectuals that became heavily involved in trying to draw attention to and solve environmental problems in Mexico.
Aridjis has published 38 books of poetry and prose, many of them translated into a dozen languages. His achievements include: the Xavier Villarrutia Prize for best book of the year for Mirándola dormir, in 1964; the Diana-Novedades Literary Prize for the outstanding novel in Spanish, for Memorias del nuevo mundo, in 1988; and the Premio Grinzane Cavour, for best foreign fiction, in 1992, for the Italian translation of 1492, Vida y tiempos de Juan Cabezón de Castilla.1492 The Life and Times of Juan Cabezon of Castile was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Twice the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Aridjis has taught at Indiana University, New York University and Columbia, and held the Nichols Chair in Humanities and the Public Sphere at the University of California, Irvine. The Orion Society presented him with its John Hay Award for significant achievement in writing that addresses the relationship between people and nature. He received the Prix Roger Caillois in France for his poetry and prose and the Smederevo Golden Key Prize for his poetry. In 2005 the state of Michoacan awarded him the first Erendira State Prize for the Arts. Eyes to See Otherwise: Selected Poems of Homero Aridjis is a wide-ranging bilingual anthology of his poetry.
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Aridjis has published 38 books of poetry and prose, many of them translated into a dozen languages. His achievements include: the Xavier Villarrutia Prize for best book of the year for Mirándola dormir, in 1964; the Diana-Novedades Literary Prize for the outstanding novel in Spanish, for Memorias del nuevo mundo, in 1988; and the Premio Grinzane Cavour, for best foreign fiction, in 1992, for the Italian translation of 1492, Vida y tiempos de Juan Cabezón de Castilla.1492 The Life and Times of Juan Cabezon of Castile was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Twice the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Aridjis has taught at Indiana University, New York University and Columbia, and held the Nichols Chair in Humanities and the Public Sphere at the University of California, Irvine. The Orion Society presented him with its John Hay Award for significant achievement in writing that addresses the relationship between people and nature. He received the Prix Roger Caillois in France for his poetry and prose and the Smederevo Golden Key Prize for his poetry. In 2005 the state of Michoacan awarded him the first Erendira State Prize for the Arts. Eyes to See Otherwise: Selected Poems of Homero Aridjis is a wide-ranging bilingual anthology of his poetry.
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March 21, 2017
A lo largo del viaje de los protagonistas, se realizan varias críticas a los problemas que viven las megalópolis. Algunas me gustaron, me divirtieron. La historia principal es un pretexto para las críticas. En esa modalidad me gusta que la historia sea tan interesante como éstas. Creo que a la historia principal le faltó fuerza.
October 16, 2008
Pasé un par de meses en la búsqueda de un libro que me pareciera atractivo hasta que lo encontré y para mi sorpresa, ahora que reviso mi página de "goodreads", veo que ya lo había buscado con anterioridad.
El libro muestra una ciudad de México en la que la inseguridad, corrupción, desastres naturales, pobreza, bandalismo y otras calamidades están presentes en la vida cotidiana de sus habitantes.
La contaminación no permite ver los volcanes que parecen ser sólo un recuerdo del paisaje, permanecen fuera de la vista de los personajes, así como toda aspiración por cambiar la situación de la ciudad.
Políticos y habitantes permanecen en un estado de indiferencia ante los problemas; unos porque les conviene esa situación y otros porque está fuera de sus manos.
El libro muestra una ciudad de México en la que la inseguridad, corrupción, desastres naturales, pobreza, bandalismo y otras calamidades están presentes en la vida cotidiana de sus habitantes.
La contaminación no permite ver los volcanes que parecen ser sólo un recuerdo del paisaje, permanecen fuera de la vista de los personajes, así como toda aspiración por cambiar la situación de la ciudad.
Políticos y habitantes permanecen en un estado de indiferencia ante los problemas; unos porque les conviene esa situación y otros porque está fuera de sus manos.
May 30, 2012
Apesa de tener un buen inicio, el libro se torna un poco aburrido al pasar de las paginas, la trama se vuelve monotona y los personajes pierden fuerza y encanto.
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