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La guagua aérea
NO WRITING OR MARKS INTERIOR PAGES. CLEAN PAGES. SPANISH VERSION. SOFTCOVER. NON REFUNDABLE. ACCEPTABLE CONDITION. LITERATURE BOOK.
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214 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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About the author
Luis Rafael Sánchez
31 books61 followersConsidered by many to be the greatest Puerto Rican playwright of modern times.
Born and raised in the city of Humacao, Puerto Rico. He enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico in 1955, earning a Bachelors of Arts degree. In 1959 he earned a Masters Degree in dramatic arts in City University of New York. He eventually went to Spain and earned his Doctorate in Literature in 1975, from the Complutense University of Madrid.
Sánchez's best known play is La Pasión según Antigona Pérez (The Passion of Antigona Perez), a tragedy set in present-day Latin America, suggested by Sophocles' Antigone.
Born and raised in the city of Humacao, Puerto Rico. He enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico in 1955, earning a Bachelors of Arts degree. In 1959 he earned a Masters Degree in dramatic arts in City University of New York. He eventually went to Spain and earned his Doctorate in Literature in 1975, from the Complutense University of Madrid.
Sánchez's best known play is La Pasión según Antigona Pérez (The Passion of Antigona Perez), a tragedy set in present-day Latin America, suggested by Sophocles' Antigone.
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April 10, 2021
LA Guagua Aerea (Paperback) by Luis R. Sanchez - Spanish Edition
This is a collection of 29 essays, newspaper articles, interviews, and reviews associated with the Puerto Rican writer Luis Rafael Sanchez.
Four of the essays are Sanchez's interviews conducted by various journalists. Several are reviews of new books that were published and reviewed by the author. Thre of them are essays talking about Spanish American writers: Mario Vargas-Llosa, Antonio Martorell, and Mandrake Morrison.
The main theme is Puerto Rico as a US colony: how Puerto Rican have maintained their cultural integrity in spite of over 100 years of colonization. How Spanish survives in spite of the English imposition to Puerto Ricans.
The title essay: La Guaga Aerea - The flying bus - deals with the San Juan to New York flight that many Puerto Ricans take on a regular basis and how they try to maintain their identities, but most of the time, they end up not belonging to either place.
It's a short book, 185 pages, but it doesn't work for me. Narrated from the universal point of view, it tries to touch on too many topics and does not elaborate on any of them, I found it a waste of time.
This is a collection of 29 essays, newspaper articles, interviews, and reviews associated with the Puerto Rican writer Luis Rafael Sanchez.
Four of the essays are Sanchez's interviews conducted by various journalists. Several are reviews of new books that were published and reviewed by the author. Thre of them are essays talking about Spanish American writers: Mario Vargas-Llosa, Antonio Martorell, and Mandrake Morrison.
The main theme is Puerto Rico as a US colony: how Puerto Rican have maintained their cultural integrity in spite of over 100 years of colonization. How Spanish survives in spite of the English imposition to Puerto Ricans.
The title essay: La Guaga Aerea - The flying bus - deals with the San Juan to New York flight that many Puerto Ricans take on a regular basis and how they try to maintain their identities, but most of the time, they end up not belonging to either place.
It's a short book, 185 pages, but it doesn't work for me. Narrated from the universal point of view, it tries to touch on too many topics and does not elaborate on any of them, I found it a waste of time.
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November 27, 2022DNF after a couple of chapters.
Why I DNF? I was way too young when I was assigned to read this at school. I didn't understand half of what I was reading and thus, I was bored out of my mind.
Why I DNF? I was way too young when I was assigned to read this at school. I didn't understand half of what I was reading and thus, I was bored out of my mind.
February 24, 2008
Estamos ante uno de los Maestros de la literatura puertorriquena q aun viven. Espero que nos dure mucho tiempo y nos regale muchas mas obras como esta. Anteriormente habia leido sus cuentos : " En cuerpo de camisa".
Los ensayos en La Guagua Aerea son de varios temas, son cortos y se leen con facilidad. Me encanta su estilo. Este hombre si que es caribeno.
Los ensayos en La Guagua Aerea son de varios temas, son cortos y se leen con facilidad. Me encanta su estilo. Este hombre si que es caribeno.
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