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CUENTOS VIRGILIO PIÑERA ALI120
20x12. 317 pgs. Firma de anterior poseedor.
320 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1992
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Virgilio Piñera
72 books54 followersVirgilio Piñera Llera was a Cuban author, playwright, poet, short-story writer, and essayist.
Among his most famous poems are "La isla en peso" (1943), and "La gran puta" (1960). He was a member of the "Origenes" literary group, although he often differed with the conservative views of the group. In the late 1950s he co-founded the literary journal Ciclón. Following a long exile in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Piñera returned to Cuba in 1958, months before Fidel Castro took power.
His work includes essays on literature and literary criticism, several collections of short stories compiled under the title of Cold Tales, a great number of dramatic works, and three novels: La carne de René (Rene's Flesh), Presiones y Diamantes (Pressures and Diamonds), and Las pequeñas maniobras (Small manoeuvres). His work is seen today as a model by new generations of Cuban and Latin American writers. Some believe that his work influenced that of Reinaldo Arenas, who wrote in his memoir Before Night Falls of Piñera's time in Argentina and friendship there with Witold Gombrowicz.
The magazine Unión posthumously published autobiographical writing by Piñera in which he discussed how he concluded he was gay. However, his work can not be reduced to his open discussions on homosexuality in a time when such a topic was taboo, especially in the Spanish Caribbean. Piñera's literary and cultural perspective went beyond sexuality, to express concerns on national and continental identity, philosophical approaches to theater, writing and politics. This focus drew fire from the Spanish American literary establishment of his time, including Cuban poets Cintio Vitier and Roberto Fernandez Retamar, and leaders like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.
Due to Piñera's social points of view and especially to his homosexuality, he was censured by the revolution, and died without any official recognition. As more of his work has been translated into English, Piñera's work has been rediscovered by American academia as a testimony of 20th century resistance against totalitarian systems.
Among his most famous poems are "La isla en peso" (1943), and "La gran puta" (1960). He was a member of the "Origenes" literary group, although he often differed with the conservative views of the group. In the late 1950s he co-founded the literary journal Ciclón. Following a long exile in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Piñera returned to Cuba in 1958, months before Fidel Castro took power.
His work includes essays on literature and literary criticism, several collections of short stories compiled under the title of Cold Tales, a great number of dramatic works, and three novels: La carne de René (Rene's Flesh), Presiones y Diamantes (Pressures and Diamonds), and Las pequeñas maniobras (Small manoeuvres). His work is seen today as a model by new generations of Cuban and Latin American writers. Some believe that his work influenced that of Reinaldo Arenas, who wrote in his memoir Before Night Falls of Piñera's time in Argentina and friendship there with Witold Gombrowicz.
The magazine Unión posthumously published autobiographical writing by Piñera in which he discussed how he concluded he was gay. However, his work can not be reduced to his open discussions on homosexuality in a time when such a topic was taboo, especially in the Spanish Caribbean. Piñera's literary and cultural perspective went beyond sexuality, to express concerns on national and continental identity, philosophical approaches to theater, writing and politics. This focus drew fire from the Spanish American literary establishment of his time, including Cuban poets Cintio Vitier and Roberto Fernandez Retamar, and leaders like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.
Due to Piñera's social points of view and especially to his homosexuality, he was censured by the revolution, and died without any official recognition. As more of his work has been translated into English, Piñera's work has been rediscovered by American academia as a testimony of 20th century resistance against totalitarian systems.
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March 23, 2017
Este es probablemente el libro más viajado de los que tengo: impreso en Cuba, con una inscripción en la primera página que dice "Praga 27.10.1965", con un boleto de micro de los ochentas que encontré entre sus páginas, y con el largo viaje entre Chile y Galápagos ida y vuelta que se dio conmigo :)
De Piñera sólo conocía las opiniones algo bipolares que da de él Reinaldo Arenas en Antes que anochezca. Así que cuando lo vi en una librería por Los Leones tuve que comprarlo. Si bien algo irregular (sus miniaturas son más bien débiles), en definitiva deja una gran impresión; cercano a lo alegórico/grotesco con una buena cantidad de mutilaciones, obsesiones, extensiones de la temporalidad hasta lo absurdo (muy cercano a Cortázar en ello). Muy recomendable.
Mejor nueva palabra aprendida de este libro: necrocomio :)
De Piñera sólo conocía las opiniones algo bipolares que da de él Reinaldo Arenas en Antes que anochezca. Así que cuando lo vi en una librería por Los Leones tuve que comprarlo. Si bien algo irregular (sus miniaturas son más bien débiles), en definitiva deja una gran impresión; cercano a lo alegórico/grotesco con una buena cantidad de mutilaciones, obsesiones, extensiones de la temporalidad hasta lo absurdo (muy cercano a Cortázar en ello). Muy recomendable.
Mejor nueva palabra aprendida de este libro: necrocomio :)
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