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El crimen casi perfecto
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123 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1994
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Roberto Arlt
207 books357 followersRoberto Arlt was an Argentine writer born Roberto Godofredo Christophersen Arlt in Buenos Aires on April 2, 1900. His parents were both immigrants: his father Karl Arlt was a Prussian from Posen (now Poznan in present-day Poland) and his mother was Ekatherine Iobstraibitzer, a native of Trieste and Italian speaking. German was the language commonly used at their home. His relationship with his father was stressful, as Karl Arlt was a very severe and austere man, by Arlt's own account. The memory of his oppressive father would appear in several of his writings. For example, Remo Erdosain (a character at least partially based on Arlt's own life) often recalls his abusive father and how little if any support he would give him. After being expelled from school at the age of eight, Arlt became an autodidact and worked at all sorts of different odd jobs before landing a job on at a local newspaper: as clerk at a bookstore, apprentice to a tinsmith, painter, mechanic, welder, manager in a brick factory, and dock worker.
His first novel, El juguete rabioso (1926) ("Mad Toy"), was the semi-autobiographical story of Silvio, a dropout who goes through a series of adventures trying to be "somebody." Narrated by Silvio's older self, the novel reflects the energy and chaos of the early 20th century in Buenos Aires. The narrator's literary and sometimes poetic language contrasts sharply with the street-level slang of Mad Toy's many colorful characters.
Arlt's second novel, the popular Los siete locos (The Seven Madmen) was rough, brutal, colloquial and surreal, a complete break from the polite, middle-class literature more typical of Argentine literature (as exemplified, perhaps, by the work of Jorge Luis Borges, however innovative his work was in other respects). Los lanzallamas (The Flame-Throwers) was the sequel, and these two novels together are thought by many to be his greatest work. What followed were a series of short stories and plays in which Arlt pursued his vision of bizarre, half-mad, alienated characters pursuing insane quests in a landscape of urban chaos.
During his lifetime, however, Arlt was best known for his "Aguafuertes" ("Etchings"), the result of his contributions as a columnist - between 1928 and 1942 - to the Buenos Aires daily "El Mundo". Arlt used these columns to comment, in his characteristically forthright and unpretentious style, on the peculiarities, hypocrisies, strangeness and beauty of everyday life in Argentina's capital. These articles included occasional exposés of public institutions, such as the juvenile justice system ("Escuela primaria de delincuencia", 26–29 September 1932) or the Public Health System. Some of the "Aguafuertes" were collected in two volumes under the titles Secretos femeninos. Aguafuertes inéditas and Tratado de delincuencia. Aguafuertes inéditas which were edited by Sergio Olguín and published by Ediciones 12 and Página/12 in 1996.
Between March and May 1930, Arlt wrote a series of "Aguafuertes" as a correspondent to "El Mundo" in Rio de Janeiro. In 1935 he spent nearly a year writing as he traveled throughout Spain and North Africa, on the eve of the Spanish Civil War. At the time of his death, Arlt was hoping to be sent to the United States as a correspondent.
Worn out and exhausted after a lifetime of hardships, he died from a stroke on July 26, 1942. His coffin was lowered from his apartment by an operated crane, an ironic end, considering his bizarre stories.
Arlt has been massively influential on Latin American literature, including the 1960s "Boom" generation of writers such as Gabriel García Márquez. Analogues in English literature are those who avoid literary 'respectability' by writing about the poor, the criminal and the mad: writers like William Burroughs, Iceberg Slim, and Irvine Welsh. Arlt, however, predated all of them. He is widely considered to be one of the founders of the modern Argentine novel; among those contemporary writers who cla
His first novel, El juguete rabioso (1926) ("Mad Toy"), was the semi-autobiographical story of Silvio, a dropout who goes through a series of adventures trying to be "somebody." Narrated by Silvio's older self, the novel reflects the energy and chaos of the early 20th century in Buenos Aires. The narrator's literary and sometimes poetic language contrasts sharply with the street-level slang of Mad Toy's many colorful characters.
Arlt's second novel, the popular Los siete locos (The Seven Madmen) was rough, brutal, colloquial and surreal, a complete break from the polite, middle-class literature more typical of Argentine literature (as exemplified, perhaps, by the work of Jorge Luis Borges, however innovative his work was in other respects). Los lanzallamas (The Flame-Throwers) was the sequel, and these two novels together are thought by many to be his greatest work. What followed were a series of short stories and plays in which Arlt pursued his vision of bizarre, half-mad, alienated characters pursuing insane quests in a landscape of urban chaos.
During his lifetime, however, Arlt was best known for his "Aguafuertes" ("Etchings"), the result of his contributions as a columnist - between 1928 and 1942 - to the Buenos Aires daily "El Mundo". Arlt used these columns to comment, in his characteristically forthright and unpretentious style, on the peculiarities, hypocrisies, strangeness and beauty of everyday life in Argentina's capital. These articles included occasional exposés of public institutions, such as the juvenile justice system ("Escuela primaria de delincuencia", 26–29 September 1932) or the Public Health System. Some of the "Aguafuertes" were collected in two volumes under the titles Secretos femeninos. Aguafuertes inéditas and Tratado de delincuencia. Aguafuertes inéditas which were edited by Sergio Olguín and published by Ediciones 12 and Página/12 in 1996.
Between March and May 1930, Arlt wrote a series of "Aguafuertes" as a correspondent to "El Mundo" in Rio de Janeiro. In 1935 he spent nearly a year writing as he traveled throughout Spain and North Africa, on the eve of the Spanish Civil War. At the time of his death, Arlt was hoping to be sent to the United States as a correspondent.
Worn out and exhausted after a lifetime of hardships, he died from a stroke on July 26, 1942. His coffin was lowered from his apartment by an operated crane, an ironic end, considering his bizarre stories.
Arlt has been massively influential on Latin American literature, including the 1960s "Boom" generation of writers such as Gabriel García Márquez. Analogues in English literature are those who avoid literary 'respectability' by writing about the poor, the criminal and the mad: writers like William Burroughs, Iceberg Slim, and Irvine Welsh. Arlt, however, predated all of them. He is widely considered to be one of the founders of the modern Argentine novel; among those contemporary writers who cla
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January 7, 2025
La muerte de una mujer tiene toda la pinta de ser un suicidio, pero un detalle importante hace que la investigación dirija la atención hacia los 3 hermanos de la occisa... Entretenido, cortito, para leer antes de irse a dormir.
October 24, 2021
Un mini cuento, entretenido y bien escrito. Esta edición hermosa.
August 31, 2025
Un crimen casi perfecto: En esta novela corta, Roberto Arlt nos sumerge en la mente de un hombre obsesionado con la idea de cometer el crimen perfecto. El protagonista, un hombre común y corriente, planea minuciosamente un asesinato que no tiene víctima, sino que existe solo como un ejercicio de deducción y paranoia. A través de sus delirios y razonamientos lógicos, Arlt explora las profundidades de la locura, el mal y la soledad en la alienada Buenos Aires de principios del siglo XX.
Claves:
Novela psicológica y existencial.
Prosa cruda y urbana.
Exploración de la paranoia y la obsesión.
Reflexión sobre el mal y la naturaleza humana.
Un libro que te hace sentir la angustia de su protagonista.
Opinión:
"Un crimen casi perfecto" es una de las obras más singulares y perturbadoras de Roberto Arlt. A diferencia de un clásico de detectives, aquí el misterio no es quién cometió el crimen, sino si el crimen siquiera ocurrió. La prosa de Arlt es directa, visceral y refleja la atmósfera opresiva y caótica de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. El autor nos sumerge en la mente febril de su protagonista, y a medida que él se obsesiona con su "crimen", el lector se siente atrapado en su espiral de locura.
Me fascina cómo Arlt utiliza la figura del "crimen perfecto" como una excusa para explorar temas mucho más profundos: la soledad, el mal en su forma más pura y la delgada línea entre la genialidad y la demencia. El protagonista, un antihéroe de la literatura, es un personaje inolvidable que representa al hombre moderno alienado y en constante conflicto con su entorno.
El libro es un viaje a las profundidades de la condición humana, un grito existencial que te deja pensando en la fragilidad de la mente y en los límites de la moralidad. Es una lectura poderosa y desafiante que te sacude y te hace cuestionar tus propias ideas sobre la realidad.
Claves:
Novela psicológica y existencial.
Prosa cruda y urbana.
Exploración de la paranoia y la obsesión.
Reflexión sobre el mal y la naturaleza humana.
Un libro que te hace sentir la angustia de su protagonista.
Opinión:
"Un crimen casi perfecto" es una de las obras más singulares y perturbadoras de Roberto Arlt. A diferencia de un clásico de detectives, aquí el misterio no es quién cometió el crimen, sino si el crimen siquiera ocurrió. La prosa de Arlt es directa, visceral y refleja la atmósfera opresiva y caótica de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. El autor nos sumerge en la mente febril de su protagonista, y a medida que él se obsesiona con su "crimen", el lector se siente atrapado en su espiral de locura.
Me fascina cómo Arlt utiliza la figura del "crimen perfecto" como una excusa para explorar temas mucho más profundos: la soledad, el mal en su forma más pura y la delgada línea entre la genialidad y la demencia. El protagonista, un antihéroe de la literatura, es un personaje inolvidable que representa al hombre moderno alienado y en constante conflicto con su entorno.
El libro es un viaje a las profundidades de la condición humana, un grito existencial que te deja pensando en la fragilidad de la mente y en los límites de la moralidad. Es una lectura poderosa y desafiante que te sacude y te hace cuestionar tus propias ideas sobre la realidad.
April 21, 2025
"Intrigante" es una palabra que se queda corta.
May 22, 2021
Esté cuento policial fue una lectura obligatoria para prácticas del lenguaje y me gustó aunque fue demasido corta(lo termine en 5 minutos) me gustó,seguramente lea más cuentos policiales! Lo recomiendo si quieren algo entretenido,corto y ligero al leer.
October 16, 2019
Es un cuento muy interesante, lo recomiendo.
July 1, 2021
El título lo dice todo.
April 24, 2022
It's about "an almost perfect crime". The main suspect was the victim herself as it looked like a suicide, then her 3 brothers with an alibi, as well as a doctor who had a solid alibi. However in the end you have enough clues in order to guess who the criminal is.
July 9, 2021
Una lectura obligatoria de la escuela la verdad me gustó bastante es muy corta pero que se yo ta buena
July 28, 2021
Estuvo bueno, cortito y sencillo. Medio que adivine lo que podría haber pasado a la mitad del cuento, pero estuvo bueno igual, muy buena narracion y descripcion de los hechos.
November 24, 2021
Lo leí por placer, me decepcionó. El cuento aburrido, el misterio era predecible y no me pareció interesante. Usa lenguaje bastante complejo, por lo que ni siquiera lo pueden leer niños.
December 26, 2021
3 ☆
Corto, entretenido y bueno.
Corto, entretenido y bueno.
March 22, 2022
Súper ingenioso y muy bien narrado. Mis diez.
May 22, 2022
Cuento corto e ingenioso. Lo recomiendo
February 18, 2024
Interesante. El final me dejó pensando
September 27, 2024
de acá salieron los acertijos de youtube
May 28, 2025
Me gustó. No lo leí, lo leyó la profe Serra. Es interesante la escritura de Arlt y lo descriptivo que puede llegar a ser. como dato curioso, él sabía de química.
December 16, 2022
Versão lançada pela L&PM Pocket, com exceção do conto "El bastón de la muerte".
January 20, 2023
Cuento corto y en la mitad ya sabes cómo lo hizo y quién, a parte en el título te dice todo, lo cual es válido. Lo leí para un trabajo :)
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