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Άγριο παραμύθι

"Κάτι παράξενο είχε συμβεί στον Μπάλτα τη στιγμή που κοιτάχτηκε στον καθρέφτη: είχε δει να αντικατοπτρίζεται σ' αυτόν ένα άγνωστο πρόσωπο. Η κατάπληξη κεραυνοβόλησε τα νεύρα του, κάνοντάς τον να ρίξει τον καθρέφτη στο πάτωμα."

Ψυχολογικό αφήγημα με αβυσσώδες υπαρξιακό βάθος, το Άγριο παραμύθι εγγράφεται, συγχρόνως, στην πλούσια παράδοση του λατινοαμερικάνικου φανταστικού, ως καθαρόαιμο δείγμα του είδους. Γέννημα της ξεχωριστής -ποιητικής, ακόμα και στις πεζές στιγμές της- πένας του Καίσαρα Βαγιέχο, που σημάδεψε όσο λίγοι τα ισπανόφωνα γράμματα του 20ού αιώνα, η ιστορία αυτή εκτυλίσσεται στις μακρινές αλλά παράξενα οικείες περουβιανές Άνδεις, μέσα σε μια ατμόσφαιρα διασάλευσης του νου, μυστικοπάθειας, δεισιδαιμονίας και μυστηρίου...

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1923

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César Vallejo

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César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet. Although he published only three books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century. Always a step ahead of the literary currents, each of his books was distinct from the others and, in it's own sense, revolutionary. Clayton Eshleman and José Rubia Barcia's translation of "The Complete Posthumous Poetry of César Vallejo" won the National Book Award for translation in 1979.

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October 2, 2026
Una buona novella psicologica di questo autore peruviano apprezzato soprattutto come poeta, Nel libro si racconta l'ossessione crescente di Balta, un giovane contadino che vive tra la sua piccola casa e il podere insieme alla giovane e laboriosoa moglie Adelaida e che a partire da una mattina nella quale intravede per un attimo nello specchio un volto che non è il suo, facendo cadere lo specchio che si rompe in frantumi, inizia un lento ma inesorabile persorso verso la pazzia che lo porterà a ricusare la moglie innocente e poi ad una tragica fine. interessante l'uso del paesaggio che fa da specchio all'inquietudine crescente del protagonista ma il percorso di Balta verso la pazzia non mi sembra completamente sviluppato (è anche vero che stiamo parlando do in testo di una cinquantina di pagine).
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