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Alrededor de la jaula
Escritor desaparecido en 1976 durante la dictadura militar.En 1966 esta novela ganó el Concurso Hispanoamericano convocado por la Universidad Veracruzana; fue llevada al cine conel título "Crecer de golpe", dirigida por Sergio Renán.
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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About the author
Haroldo Conti
25 books22 followersHaroldo Pedro Conti (Chacabuco, 25 de mayo de 1925 - secuestrado y desaparecido en Buenos Aires el 5 de mayo de 1976) fue un escritor y docente argentino, considerado uno de los más destacados de la generación del sesenta, junto con Rodolfo Walsh, Antonio Di Benedetto, Héctor Tizón y Juan José Saer. En 1975 fue galardonado con el Premio Casa de las Américas por su novela Mascaró el cazador americano.
Conti became a secondary-school teacher of Latin, but his passion was for writing, especially for the cinema, and considered putting aside fiction for this at one stage; South-East was first conceived as a cinematic script, and film directors have brought other of his literary work to the screen, taking advantage of its preference for visual strength in the narrative.
Each of Conti’s four novels was awarded a literary prize, culminating in the prestigious Casa de las Américas prize for his last novel, Mascaró, el cazador americano [Mascaró, the American Hunter] (1975). To date, only South-East appears in English translation. Conti also wrote short stories.
Politics forces its way into the story of Conti’s life, but his political instinct was an expression of his interest in ordinary folk: to men as individuals, not to man in the abstract. Conti’s interest in the lives of others wasn’t merely intellectual: he became a keen fisherman, and decided to build a boat; he spent a lot of time with an otter-hunter at one point – and all of this investigation went into his writing, of which South-East was the first important published expression.
Political repression in Argentina intensified following the military coup of March 1976, and Conti was warned by someone with links to the military that his life was in danger. But he decided against exile, and offered his home in the capital as a place of refuge for others under threat of kidnap and murder. Until he was taken from the streets in the early hours of May 5 1976, and is since then listed amongst the many thousands of the "disappeared".
Conti became a secondary-school teacher of Latin, but his passion was for writing, especially for the cinema, and considered putting aside fiction for this at one stage; South-East was first conceived as a cinematic script, and film directors have brought other of his literary work to the screen, taking advantage of its preference for visual strength in the narrative.
Each of Conti’s four novels was awarded a literary prize, culminating in the prestigious Casa de las Américas prize for his last novel, Mascaró, el cazador americano [Mascaró, the American Hunter] (1975). To date, only South-East appears in English translation. Conti also wrote short stories.
Politics forces its way into the story of Conti’s life, but his political instinct was an expression of his interest in ordinary folk: to men as individuals, not to man in the abstract. Conti’s interest in the lives of others wasn’t merely intellectual: he became a keen fisherman, and decided to build a boat; he spent a lot of time with an otter-hunter at one point – and all of this investigation went into his writing, of which South-East was the first important published expression.
Political repression in Argentina intensified following the military coup of March 1976, and Conti was warned by someone with links to the military that his life was in danger. But he decided against exile, and offered his home in the capital as a place of refuge for others under threat of kidnap and murder. Until he was taken from the streets in the early hours of May 5 1976, and is since then listed amongst the many thousands of the "disappeared".
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August 1, 2022
Definitivamente me gusta la escritura de Haroldo Conti. Siempre hay un deje nostalgico y melancolico, pero a su vez, tiene el ojo afilado para la belleza que hay en lo pequeño. En lo que parece intrascendente. Parece...
May 21, 2025
Tristísimo.
October 20, 2025
feliz aniversario conti!!
May 30, 2022
El verdadero It is so bad, that I wanna give u a zero, but that's not possible, so I give you a one.
October 19, 2025
La manera en que las descripciones de la ciudad lentamente te van construyendo la gran jaula metropolitana, la manera en que Milo no siente una diferencia sustancial entre la vista que los animales tienen en la jaula de la que él tiene desde su trabajo, desde su casa y lo que le transmite la rutina laboral. Fantástico.
February 1, 2019
La novela que me faltaba de Conti es tan preciosa como su marca registrada en cada uno de sus textos. Ahora que lo leí entero (tanto sus novelas como sus cuentos) quiero ir para sus pagos y recorrer los lugares por donde escribió y de los que escribió.
April 20, 2025
Precioso
October 16, 2025
Triste y alegórica. Las descripciones pintan una imagen en la mente que acompaña los sentimientos de los personajes. Es una lectura que requiere tiempo y paciencia.
November 4, 2020
Novela de madurez? De crecimiento a través del dolor? Es el chico un espejo de un animal enjaulado?. La prosa despojada y parca de Conti nos lleva al suburbio portuario porteño y a ser testigos de los vínculos entre milo y su padre adoptivo, pero sobretodo entre Milo y Ajeno. No es como la gran Sudeste, pero está bien. Seis puntitos pa mí.
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