Comediantes y mártires: Ensayo contra los mitos

by Juan José Sebreli

Sebreli dedica su nueva obra a la figura del héroe en la sociedad contemporánea: Evita, Gardel, Che Guevara y Maradona.

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Juan José Pérez Sebreli was an Argentine sociologist, essayist and philosopher. Throughout his intellectual work, he concentrated on the notions of reason, city and everyday life.

Reviews

[Pato Perearnau · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me resultó muy tendencioso. Agarrándose solo de las cosas malas de cada uno.

[Roxana · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to admit, I jump through pages, reading what was more interesting for me. Anyway, is not the book fault, it is maybe just my impatience. I was already familiar in some way with the 4 characters of the book, but anyway, it was interesting to learned how did they became legens and not only to Argentina, in a way, they were universal or Latinamerican legens, miths. In their human life - Maradona is the only one still living - they were simple mortals who happened to find a way to trascend.
Many times, their real life where very opposite to the mith that where created about them, and it is very interestig to see the contrast. This book was very illustrative in that way.

[Boris Trucco · Rating 5 out of 5]

El análisis implacable de ese querido iconoclasta que es Juan José Sebreli nunca decepciona. Este libro eviscera cuatro mitos casi sagrados para varias generaciones de argentinos y latinos: Gardel, el Che Guevara, Eva Perón y Maradona. Sebreli sabe de lo que escribe, es un Van Helsing de ese Drácula que es el populismo y el izquierdismo en América Latina. Ojalá haya muchos lectores de Sebreli.

[Nicolás Menechella · Rating 2 out of 5]

Muy vaga argumentación, ejemplificaciones muy banales. Más opiniones del autor que datos.

[Luciano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uno de los mejores libros de Sebreli que yo leí. Muy lúcida su mirada de nuestros grandes íconos, te hace replantear algunos preconceptos.