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Σιδηροδρομικώς: Μπουένος Άιρες-Μαδρίτη με τρένο
"Υπέροχος ο σιδηρόδρομος! Θα του τα συγχωρούσα όλα μόνο και μόνο για τη διαδοχή των τοπίων πίσω από το παράθυρο". (Χ.Α. Μουνιόθ Ρόχας).
"Τα διηγήματα που παρουσιάζονται σε αυτή τη συλλογή, από την Ισπανία, την Αργεντινή και το Μεξικό, είναι ένα δείγμα μόνο αυτού του είδους λογοτεχνίας που εμπνεύστηκε από το τρένο, έχοντάς το ως σκηνικό ή ως θέμα. Όπως θα διαπιστώσει ο αναγνώστης, είναι διηγήματα διαφορετικά μεταξύ τους τόσο στο ύφος όσο και στη σύλληψη, αλλά όλα τους καταδεικνύουν τα ίχνη που έχουν αφήσει τα τρένα στα τοπία της λογοτεχνίας και της γεωγραφίας μας. Ίχνη ανεξίτηλα και μυθικά που συμπλήρωσαν ήδη δύο αιώνες ζωής και που έχουν ως αποτέλεσμα να μην μπορεί να διανοηθεί κανείς πλέον τη λογοτεχνία δίχως τρένα, κατά τον ίδιο τρόπο που και τα τρένα έχουν αναγορευθεί, εξαιτίας ακριβώς της λογοτεχνίας, σε ένα από τα μεγάλα σύμβολα της εποχής μας". (Χ. Γιαμαθάρες).
"Τα διηγήματα που παρουσιάζονται σε αυτή τη συλλογή, από την Ισπανία, την Αργεντινή και το Μεξικό, είναι ένα δείγμα μόνο αυτού του είδους λογοτεχνίας που εμπνεύστηκε από το τρένο, έχοντάς το ως σκηνικό ή ως θέμα. Όπως θα διαπιστώσει ο αναγνώστης, είναι διηγήματα διαφορετικά μεταξύ τους τόσο στο ύφος όσο και στη σύλληψη, αλλά όλα τους καταδεικνύουν τα ίχνη που έχουν αφήσει τα τρένα στα τοπία της λογοτεχνίας και της γεωγραφίας μας. Ίχνη ανεξίτηλα και μυθικά που συμπλήρωσαν ήδη δύο αιώνες ζωής και που έχουν ως αποτέλεσμα να μην μπορεί να διανοηθεί κανείς πλέον τη λογοτεχνία δίχως τρένα, κατά τον ίδιο τρόπο που και τα τρένα έχουν αναγορευθεί, εξαιτίας ακριβώς της λογοτεχνίας, σε ένα από τα μεγάλα σύμβολα της εποχής μας". (Χ. Γιαμαθάρες).
110 pages
First published June 30, 2000
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About the author
Julio Llamazares
60 books170 followersJulio Llamazares was born in Vegamián, a small village in the region of León. At the age of twelve he left the mountain area, attended a boarding school in Madrid and then studied law. Today Llamazares works as a writer, journalist and scriptwriter.
After two poetry volumes which were published under the titles of 'La lentitud de los bueyes' (1979) and 'Memoria de la nieve' (1982), his successful debut as a novel writer came out in 1985 'Luna de lobos'.
Llamazares had his literary breakthrough with the novel 'La lluvia amarilla' in 1988. The novel is about Andrés, an old man who is the last inhabitant of a forsaken village in the Pyrenees. Andrés reminds the former vitality of this place and contemplates about forgetting, death, and loneliness. With the story of the dying village, Llamazares has depicted a concise development of Spanish society in a bribingly direct speech. Hundreds of villages have disappeared in the last decades because the inhabitants have moved to the cities. In the first three years after its publication, 'La lluvia amarilla' was already re-published 15 times.
In the autobiographical novel 'Escenas de cine mudo' (1994), the narrator returns to Olleros, the place of his childhood. After the death of his mother he finds a photo album with old black and white photos. With the help of the yellowed photos he goes back to his past and describes, in loosely connected scenes, his experiences from the view of a child, thus bestowing an insight into the social history of the region.
Llamazares holds a special place in Spanish contemporary literature. He belongs to the few authors who concern themselves with rural Spain, the remote areas and the decline of damned mountain villages. With his unassuming and convincingly told stories of everyday life, he plays a large part in the existence of this world not being forgotten in the general frenzy of modernization.
Llamazares has published collections of stories, such as 'En mitad de ninguna parte' (1981) and chronicles ('El Entierro de Genarin', 1998). Furthermore, he edited an Anthology about the city of Madrid, which came out as 'Los viajeros de Madrid' in 1998. Articles he wrote as a journalist are collected in 'En Babia' (1991) and 'Nadie escucha' (1995). Llamazares’ travel reports about forgotten regions and districts were published as 'El río del ovido' (1990) and 'Trás-os-Montes' (1998). He also wrote filmscripts and extended reportages – among these, one about Berlin. Recently, his novel "El cielo de Madrid" (2005) was published. The author lives in Madrid and León.
After two poetry volumes which were published under the titles of 'La lentitud de los bueyes' (1979) and 'Memoria de la nieve' (1982), his successful debut as a novel writer came out in 1985 'Luna de lobos'.
Llamazares had his literary breakthrough with the novel 'La lluvia amarilla' in 1988. The novel is about Andrés, an old man who is the last inhabitant of a forsaken village in the Pyrenees. Andrés reminds the former vitality of this place and contemplates about forgetting, death, and loneliness. With the story of the dying village, Llamazares has depicted a concise development of Spanish society in a bribingly direct speech. Hundreds of villages have disappeared in the last decades because the inhabitants have moved to the cities. In the first three years after its publication, 'La lluvia amarilla' was already re-published 15 times.
In the autobiographical novel 'Escenas de cine mudo' (1994), the narrator returns to Olleros, the place of his childhood. After the death of his mother he finds a photo album with old black and white photos. With the help of the yellowed photos he goes back to his past and describes, in loosely connected scenes, his experiences from the view of a child, thus bestowing an insight into the social history of the region.
Llamazares holds a special place in Spanish contemporary literature. He belongs to the few authors who concern themselves with rural Spain, the remote areas and the decline of damned mountain villages. With his unassuming and convincingly told stories of everyday life, he plays a large part in the existence of this world not being forgotten in the general frenzy of modernization.
Llamazares has published collections of stories, such as 'En mitad de ninguna parte' (1981) and chronicles ('El Entierro de Genarin', 1998). Furthermore, he edited an Anthology about the city of Madrid, which came out as 'Los viajeros de Madrid' in 1998. Articles he wrote as a journalist are collected in 'En Babia' (1991) and 'Nadie escucha' (1995). Llamazares’ travel reports about forgotten regions and districts were published as 'El río del ovido' (1990) and 'Trás-os-Montes' (1998). He also wrote filmscripts and extended reportages – among these, one about Berlin. Recently, his novel "El cielo de Madrid" (2005) was published. The author lives in Madrid and León.
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