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The Noon Universe #4
Teško je biti Bog
Don Rumata de Estor es un aristócrata con una posición de privilegio en la corte de Arkanar, un prohombre cuya compañía es tan codiciada como su alcoba y de quien se cuentan hazañas milagrosas. Pero mientras que se desenvuelve con soltura entre duelos e intrigas palaciegas, se siente impotente a la hora de entender los mecanismos de represión que embrutecen el reino. Y su tragedia personal es que, como observador, sabe que no puede ni debe influir en el curso de los acontecimientos.
Disfrazada con desfachatez de novela de intriga y aventuras, y tan ágil como chispeante en ese sentido, Qué difícil es ser dios (1964) se abre ante el lector como una muñeca rusa, revelando capas y más capas de sugerencias y connotaciones que la han convertido en una de las cumbres de la literatura soviética. Ofrece un análisis certero sobre el totalitarismo y, a la vez, una reflexión vívida e incisiva sobre el papel que, como su personaje, se veían obligados a representar los propios autores para sortear la censura. Un clásico complejo y apasionante que presentamos en todo su esplendor en su primera traducción directa del ruso al castellano.
Disfrazada con desfachatez de novela de intriga y aventuras, y tan ágil como chispeante en ese sentido, Qué difícil es ser dios (1964) se abre ante el lector como una muñeca rusa, revelando capas y más capas de sugerencias y connotaciones que la han convertido en una de las cumbres de la literatura soviética. Ofrece un análisis certero sobre el totalitarismo y, a la vez, una reflexión vívida e incisiva sobre el papel que, como su personaje, se veían obligados a representar los propios autores para sortear la censura. Un clásico complejo y apasionante que presentamos en todo su esplendor en su primera traducción directa del ruso al castellano.
155 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1964
About the author
Arkady Strugatsky
519 books1,963 followersThe brothers Arkady Strugatsky [Russian: Аркадий Стругацкий] and Boris Strugatsky [Russian: Борис Стругацкий] were Soviet-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers.
Arkady Strugatsky was born 25 August 1925 in Batumi; the family later moved to Leningrad. In January 1942, Arkady and his father were evacuated from the Siege of Leningrad, but Arkady was the only survivor in his train car; his father died upon reaching Vologda. Arkady was drafted into the Soviet army in 1943. He trained first at the artillery school in Aktyubinsk and later at the Military Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow, from which he graduated in 1949 as an interpreter of English and Japanese. He worked as a teacher and interpreter for the military until 1955. In 1955, he began working as an editor and writer.
In 1958, he began collaborating with his brother Boris, a collaboration that lasted until Arkady's death on 12 October 1991. Arkady Strugatsky became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers in 1964. In addition to his own writing, he translated Japanese language short stories and novels, as well as some English works with his brother.
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Arkady Strugatsky was born 25 August 1925 in Batumi; the family later moved to Leningrad. In January 1942, Arkady and his father were evacuated from the Siege of Leningrad, but Arkady was the only survivor in his train car; his father died upon reaching Vologda. Arkady was drafted into the Soviet army in 1943. He trained first at the artillery school in Aktyubinsk and later at the Military Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow, from which he graduated in 1949 as an interpreter of English and Japanese. He worked as a teacher and interpreter for the military until 1955. In 1955, he began working as an editor and writer.
In 1958, he began collaborating with his brother Boris, a collaboration that lasted until Arkady's death on 12 October 1991. Arkady Strugatsky became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers in 1964. In addition to his own writing, he translated Japanese language short stories and novels, as well as some English works with his brother.
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