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Manuel de historia
"País sin historia donde todo es pura aspiración": así define Octavio Paz a la República Argentina. En esa frase se inspiró Marco Denevi para escribir Manuel de historia, crónica de la vana aspiración de escribir un libro que debió titularse Manuel de historia. Narración tan breve como compleja, donde los tiempos, los personajes y los hechos parecen reflejarse y refractarse unos a otros al modo de un juego de espejos, esta obra está tan colmada de alusiones y de sugestiones que obliga a una atenta lectura.
183 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1985
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Marco Denevi
73 books50 followersMarco Denevi (May 12, 1922 in Sáenz Peña, Buenos Aires – December 12, 1998) was an Argentine award-winning author of novels and short stories, as well as a lawyer and journalist. His work is characterized by its originiality and depth, as well as a criticism of human incompetence. His first work, a mystery called Rosaura a las diez (1955), was a Kraft award winner and a bestseller. In 1964, it was translated into English as Rosa at Ten O'Clock. Other famous works of his include Los expedientes (1957), Ceremonia Secreta (1960), El cuarto de la noche (1962), and Falsificaciones (1966).
He is less known as an essayist, but he also cultivated this genre with his República de Trapalanda (1989), a late work, in which he takes on Ezequiel Martínez Estrada and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento's view of the Argentine republic.
He was born in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and at a young age he began playing the piano and reading. He graduated from college in 1939, and did not receive his law degree until 1956.
In 1987 he was inducted into the Argentine Academy of Letters.
He is less known as an essayist, but he also cultivated this genre with his República de Trapalanda (1989), a late work, in which he takes on Ezequiel Martínez Estrada and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento's view of the Argentine republic.
He was born in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and at a young age he began playing the piano and reading. He graduated from college in 1939, and did not receive his law degree until 1956.
In 1987 he was inducted into the Argentine Academy of Letters.
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May 31, 2019
Interesante la manera de contar una historia dentro de otra historia y de otra, donde los escritores se convierten en personajes, donde los seudónimos van y vienen.
Otros aspectos positivos: la construcción de los personajes y la referencia a la forma de ser de los argentinos, por ejemplo, la obsesión con la política.
No encontré demasiada info en internet, parece que no es tan leída como otras de sus obras.
Otros aspectos positivos: la construcción de los personajes y la referencia a la forma de ser de los argentinos, por ejemplo, la obsesión con la política.
No encontré demasiada info en internet, parece que no es tan leída como otras de sus obras.
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