La renuncia del héroe Baltasar

by Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá, Benjamín Torres Caballero (Prologue by)

Esta novela recrea un ficticio levantamiento de esclavos en el Puerto Rico del siglo XVIII; una historia que no fue pero pudo haber sido. Rodríguez Juliá adopta la forma de tres conferencias dictadas por el historiógrafo Alejandro Cadalso, en las que se describe a Baltasar Montañez, figura situada entre el mito y la historia. La narración va elaborando un falso siglo XVIII en el que se vislumbra el fin próximo del régimen colonial y de la esclavitud. Esta primera novela de Rodríguez Juliá, con su "falso siglo XVIII", es representativa de la actitud de su generación ante la elaborar textos que recreen imaginativamente el acontecer histórico.

136 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

Puerto Rican essayist and novelist present in the literary scene since the seventies, with the publication of La renuncia del héroe Baltasar. His works are always linked to Puerto Rican history; portaits of its modern socio-politics, and its colonial ups and downs.

Reviews

[Marbenele · Rating 3 out of 5]

La estructura está muy bien pensada, pero le falta humanidad (2,5)

[Knihomol Books & Beer · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Camille · Rating 1 out of 5]

the description of this book was far from being the actual case in my opinion. i thought this book was terribly boring. the cover says it is a novel, but it is structured as if it was the transcript of a really boring lecture. where was the story? when i first started reading it, i thought the lecture was just giving a background to the story and then the next chapter would be more in the form of a story, the story of the marriage. but that was not the case. where was the excitement? did i miss something?
i should note that i could only get through about half of the book before i gave up. i snuck ahead to see if a story structure was developing, but no. 12/20/2009