Aquende

by Juan Filloy

A lo largo de mas de 200 paginas el lector asiste a una obra literaria concebida musicalmente. En ella se incluyen todos los movimientos de la música cada uno tratado en verso o en prosa según el motivo. El tema es la Argentina; su geografía y su historia. Es una de las piezas mas apasionadas de la literatura argentina y sus resonancias se encuentran décadas después en escritores latinoamericanos tan variados como Asturias o Cortazar Carpentier Roa Bastos o Sabato. Aquende es una obra muy rara incomparable unica en nuestra literatura. En ella se combinan de modo magistral todas las influencias clasicas del autor y en sus paginas conviven el tono epico de Homero con el pausado bucolismo de las Georgicas de Virgilio. Para mi es una de las mejores obras filloyanas. No solo porque es de una originalidad asombrosa sino por su extraordinaria belleza estetica el virtuosismo en el cuidado de las formas la variedad de las que utiliza la madurez reflexiva y la sonoridad musical que es capaz de darle en palabras a la geografia y la historia de nuestro pais. Mempo Giardinelli

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1935

About the author

Juan Filloy (1 August 1894 – July 15, 2000) was an Argentinian writer. At various times, he was also a swimmer and a boxing referee. He spoke seven languages. Most of his life was spent in Rio Cuarto, south of Córdoba, where he served as a judge.

He received many honors and awards during his lifetime, including a nomination for the Nobel Prize. He wrote 55 novels, all of which were given titles with seven letters: "Caterva", "¡Estafen!", "Aquende", "La Purga", "Metopas", "Periplo", "Sexamor", "Tal Cual" and "Zodíaco" are among the best known. He also composed over 6,000 palindromes and coined words which have passed into general usage.

He was friends with (and influenced) Julio Cortázar and Jorge Luis Borges. He was also an acquaintance of Sigmund Freud. He died of natural causes while sleeping, shortly before his 106th birthday. He often said that he wanted to live in three centuries. His burial place is in the "Cementerio San Jerónimo" in Córdoba, Argentina.

Reviews

[José Arenas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una belleza excéntrica, perfecta. Puro lenguaje y pura estética.