El cartero de Neruda, traducida a veinticinco idiomas, es ya un clsico de las letras universales.
Situada en los aos que precedieron a la dictadura de Pinochet, este libro estableci la reputacin de Antonio Skrmeta como uno de los autores ms representativos de en Amrica Latina, y sirvi como inspiracin para la pelcula ganadora del Oscar Il Postino. Mario Jimnez, un joven pescador, decide abandonar su oficio para convertirse en cartero de Isla Negra, donde la nica persona que recibe y enva correspondencia es el poeta Pablo Neruda. Jimnez admira a Neruda y espera pacientemente que algn da el poeta le dedique un libro, o que se produzca algo ms que un brevsimo cruce de palabras y el pago de la propina. Su anhelo se ver finalmente recompensado y entre ambos se entablar una relacin muy peculiar. Sin embargo, la enrarecida atmsfera que se vive en el Chile de aquellos aos precipitar un dramtico desenlace. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The unbelievable friendship between a simple postman and the great poet Pablo Neruda: the mutual dazzling of freedom and creation. The Postman, translated to 25 languages, is already a classic of world literature.
Set in the years before Pinochet's dictatorship, this book established Antonio Skrmeta's reputation as one of the most emblematic Latin American authors and served as the inspiration for the Oscar-winning film Il Postino. Mario Jimnez, a young fisherman, decides to leave his job to become the postman of a tiny island where the only person who receives correspondence is the poet Pablo Neruda. Jimnez admires Neruda and patiently hopes that one day the poet might dedicate a book to him, or at least have more than a short exchange of words and a small tip. His longing is finally rewarded and the two strike up a peculiar relationship. However, the strained atmosphere in Chile during those years brings about a dramatic dnouement.
El cartero de Neruda, traducida a veinticinco idiomas, es ya un clsico de las letras universales.
Situada en los aos que precedieron a la dictadura de Pinochet, este libro estableci la reputacin de Antonio Skrmeta como uno de los autores ms representativos de en Amrica Latina, y sirvi como inspiracin para la pelcula ganadora del Oscar Il Postino. Mario Jimnez, un joven pescador, decide abandonar su oficio para convertirse en cartero de Isla Negra, donde la nica persona que recibe y enva correspondencia es el poeta Pablo Neruda. Jimnez admira a Neruda y espera pacientemente que algn da el poeta le dedique un libro, o que se produzca algo ms que un brevsimo cruce de palabras y el pago de la propina. Su anhelo se ver finalmente recompensado y entre ambos se entablar una relacin muy peculiar. Sin embargo, la enrarecida atmsfera que se vive en el Chile de aquellos aos precipitar un dramtico desenlace. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The unbelievable friendship between a simple postman and the great poet Pablo Neruda: the mutual dazzling of freedom and creation. The Postman, translated to 25 languages, is already a classic of world literature.
Set in the years before Pinochet's dictatorship, this book established Antonio Skrmeta's reputation as one of the most emblematic Latin American authors and served as the inspiration for the Oscar-winning film Il Postino. Mario Jimnez, a young fisherman, decides to leave his job to become the postman of a tiny island where the only person who receives correspondence is the poet Pablo Neruda. Jimnez admires Neruda and patiently hopes that one day the poet might dedicate a book to him, or at least have more than a short exchange of words and a small tip. His longing is finally rewarded and the two strike up a peculiar relationship. However, the strained atmosphere in Chile during those years brings about a dramatic dnouement.
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