El tragaluz / El sueño de la razón

by Antonio Buero Vallejo

Book by Buero Vallejo, A.

213 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

Antonio Buero Vallejo was a Spanish playwright considered the most important Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Civil War. During his career he won three National Theatre Prizes (in 1957, 1958 & 1959), a National Theatre Prize for all his career in 1980, the National Literature Prize in 1996, and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Spain's highest literary honour, in 1986. From 1971 until his death he was a member of the Real Academia Española.

From 1934 to 1936 Vallejo studied art and painting at San Fernando Escuela de Arte, in Madrid. During the civil war, he served as a medical aid in the Republican army. After the war he was imprisoned for six years. After being released he wrote Story of a Stairway in 1949. This work presented a graphic picture of Spain after the Civil War and won the Lope de Vega Prize, establishing Vallejo as one of the foremost authors in Spain. While other authors left Spain to escape Franco's censorship, Vallejo stayed in Spain and used symbolism to criticize the government. In 1971, he was elected to the Royal Spanish Academy. In 1994 he was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts and the Gold Medal of the Society of Authors of Spain.

A common theme in his work is Spain's problems during and after Franco. In the tragedies there is always a sense of hope for the future. His works make frequent use of the symbolism of the senses—for example, using the "fiery darkness," in which the protagonist cannot see, as a symbol of Spain's dark situation.

Reviews

[Noé Ameijeiras · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me flipa como Buero Vallejo a veces da esa sensación de plot twist. De primeras es lo primero que me viene a la mente, pero cuando lo repaso mentalmente ves que construye tensión poco a poco hasta su gran revelación que siempre impacta.

Me encanta lo pasionales que son todos los personajes, esa estética de enamoramiento tan extremo y amores tan exagerados que suenan absurdos.

El tragaluz me turboflipo la verdad, recomiendo mucho.

[Belén :P · Rating 3 out of 5]

"El tragaluz":
Dejando de lado que me costó pillarlo al principio, tuve amor odio por bastantes personajes alternativamente. Son todos unos tontos, pero supongo que Encarnita es la que más se salva. No te sé.
La cosa es que estuvo bastante bien la historia, la trama del tren es semi profunda y un poco triste y el final fue bastante brusco, la verdad BABDJS
"El sueño de la razón":
Este libro ha sido una mezcla entre que he entendido todo y no me he enterado de nada y es al mismo tiempo una gran obra y un sinsentido. Pero bueno en fin, sin más.
Sólo me enteré de que Goya está sordo, tiene setenta y tantos años y hace cositas con Leocadia, que tiene 35 y que DuasoxArrieta canon, mi nuevo ship favorito

[Roberto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ho letto solo "El Tragaluz", anche se Buero Vallejo mi ha convinto. Si tratta di una storia di lucida follia, dell'imbarbarimento che la guerra causa non solo ai soldati del fronte, ma anche ai bambini in teoria innocenti. L'innocenza però non è una scusa per crearsi un paraocchi e non capire che dietro le azioni di ogni persona c'è una ragione profonda. Ogni azione può essere spiegata, la chiave di lettura che dà l'autore in questo "esperimento" rasenta la follia: ma chi è il pazzo, chi guarda le gambe dal lucernario e s'inventa la loro storia o chi guarda le persone per intero e non ne capisce la vera essenza?

[Mario Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

La puntuacion es por el tragaluz. El sueño de la razon olvidable y le sobra 1 acto pa contar lo q quiere contar

[LUCAS · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un genio del teatro