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Rebeldes, soñadores y fugitivos

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En las piezas reunidas en Rebeldes, soñadores y fugitivos palpitan las pasiones fundamentales de la vida y la obra de Osvaldo el fútbol (están aquí sus singulares cuentos patagónicos, en los que aparece por primera vez el Míster Peregrino Fernández).

189 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

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Osvaldo Soriano

39 books107 followers
Soriano became a staff writer at La Opinión right from the start in 1971 when editor Jacobo Timerman founded the newspaper. La Opinión was permeated with progressive politics and soon there was an attempt to squash the left-wing influence with-in the paper. After six months of not having any of his articles published, Soriano began writing a story in which a character named Osvaldo Soriano reconstructs the life of English actor Stan Laurel.
The work became his first novel, Triste, solitario y final (English: Sad, lonely and final), a melancholic parody set in Los Angeles with the famed fictional Philip Marlowe detective as his joint investigator. It was some months after the publication of his novel that he visited the American city, and actually stood by the grave of Stan Laurel, leaving there a copy of his book.
Shortly after the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional coup d'etat in Argentina in 1976, he moved to Brussels first (where he met his wife Catherine), and then to Paris, where he lived in exile until 1984. While in France he befriended Julio Cortázar with whom he founded the short-lived experience of the monthly magazine Sin censura. After the fall of the military junta he returned to Buenos Aires and the publication of his books were met with large success, not only in South America but also in Italy and several other countries where his works begun to be translated and published.
In his books, Soriano succeeded in mixing his experiences as a democratic activist and as a strong critic of the violence wielded by reactionary governments with extraordinary humour. A lover of both football/soccer and cinematography, he often honored both in his work. Soriano was a known San Lorenzo fan.
After his death in 1997, he was buried in the La Chacarita Cemetery in Buenos Aires. His work has since been translated into at least fifteen different languages, and has inspired film directors and producers on fiction and documentary works based on his novels and life-experience.

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Profile Image for Franco Vite.
218 reviews16 followers
November 29, 2012
Sono racconti ma anche articoli e piccole autobiografie. Storie.
E tutte le volte che leggo Soriano mi viene in mente De André: entrambi hanno questa capacità disumana di usare e suscitare le emozioni senza essere stucchevoli, anzi! Entrambi hanno questa capacità di leggere la storia e la vita partendo dagli ultimi, raccontandoti - con amore, affetto e rispetto - della prostituta, dell'arbitro della Patagonia, del bandito.
Un autore che, sono sicuro, entrerà nei classici della letteratura ispano-americana.
Profile Image for Francisco Zazzu.
116 reviews8 followers
May 26, 2020
Soriano y su pluma magistral para hacernos viajar a través de una recopilación de artículos de distintas épocas; algunos que evocan su niñez errante, otros sobre sus años de exilio en plena dictadura militar, encuentros con otros escritores como Cortazar y Borges. Excelente libro que nos permite descubrir la faceta periodística de uno de los mejores escritores que dio nuestro país.
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32 reviews2 followers
April 3, 2013
Muy buen libro de recopilación. Excelentes artículos escritos por el mismo Soriano, perdidos en las páginas de los más diversos diarios. Muy variado e histórico; hay que conocer los hechos y personajes relevantes de Argentina y con eso basta para entenderlo.
Recomendable.
Profile Image for Adrian Pais.
52 reviews1 follower
October 30, 2016
Un buen compendio de artículos de este gran periodista. Toques de humor, de nostalgia y certeros análisis que grafican el clima de época de la primavera alfonsinista.
Profile Image for Jack Cienfuegos.
159 reviews5 followers
December 21, 2022
Libro recopilatorio acerca de trabajos para diferentes diarios que tiene cada uno de ellos una breve introducción del autor. Los escritos rondan diversos temas, entre ellos la política, el fútbol o temas de interés Gral.
Soriano, con gran sentido del humor, nos introduce por diferentes temáticas y las desarrolla bajo su interesante punto de vista. Muchas veces reí o también reflexioné en cuestiones serias como la política, además tomé frases que iba encontrando a lo largo de sus escritos que me parecieron interesantes.
Debo admitir que me gusta la pluma del autor, además me encantó cuando se mete con el fútbol. Pero más allá de eso me gustó mucho el informe de la Coca Cola que en este libro se encuentra. Creo que es el punto álgido del libro.
Recomiendo lectura a quien quiera adentrarse en un autor argentino que si bien no es tan popular merece un reconocimiento siempre que sea necesario.
Profile Image for Lucas Ezequiel.
79 reviews2 followers
May 30, 2021
Las cronicas son buenas, de años sórdidos y turbios a algunas pocas glorias que se tuvo en el pais, denuncias, reflexiones de una vida dentro y fuera de este pais, no comparto algunas opiniones de Soriano en algunas cosas, pero me gusta como ha escrito.
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Profile Image for Massimo Foglio.
Author 1 book13 followers
February 2, 2013
Una bella serie di raconti ed articoli raccolti insieme in un libro che dano la visione della propria terra da parte di un esiliato durante l'allontanamento dal paese e dopo il suo ritorno.
Una stellina in meno di quanto meriterebbe, perch�� trattandosi di racconti pubblicati su diverse testate in tempi differenti, vi sono alcune ripetizioni di argomenti che, dopo un po', infastidiscono.
Profile Image for Nicolas.
12 reviews1 follower
February 24, 2016
Un poco de todo del gordo Soriano. Excelente libro para quien quiera acercarse a sus textos más periodísticos.
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