«Es al mismo tiempo intelectual y popular, universal y personal, transparente y honda. Un referente fundamental para poetas de todas las generaciones y en todos los rincones del espaol . -Acta del jurado del Premio Cervantes
Publicado originalmente en 1996 e indito en Espaa hasta el momento, este hermoso libro de Ida Vitale, situado a medio camino entre la prosa y la poesa, rene cuentos, fbulas y alegoras que conforman una suerte de bestiario humano en el que la premio Cervantes uruguaya revisita algunos mitos clsicos y da cabida a la fantasa de aliento borgiano. Con perfeccin formal, un inteligente manejo de la irona y un magistral empleo de todas las posibilidades expresivas de nuestra lengua, la autora deslumbra una vez ms con estas historias inquietantes en torno a la belleza, el dolor, el misterio y la profunda cuestin de la existencia. Donde vuela el camalen es, en definitiva, una pequea joya que amalgama no solo una potica, sino una manera de ver la vida. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Never before published in Spain, a literary gem by one of the most renowned writers in Spanish literature, recipient of the Cervantes, FIL Guadalajara, and Reina Sofa prizes.
"It is at the same time intellectual and popular, universal and personal, clear and deep. An essential reference to poets of all generations, in every Spanish-speaking corner of the world." --Statement of the Cervantes Prize jury First published in 1996 and unpublished in Spain until now, this beautiful book by Ida Vitale, halfway between prose and poetry, has short stories, fables, and allegories composing a sort of human bestiary in which the Uruguayan author, awarded the Cervantes Prize, revisits some of the classic myths and gives room to fantasy with a Borgesian air. With formal perfection, a smart use of irony, and a masterful use of all expressive possibilities in the Spanish language, the author dazzles once again with these unsettling stories concerning beauty, pain, mystery, and the profound matter of existence. Where the Chameleon Flies definitely is a small gem that not only welds together a poetic work, but a way to look at life.
«Es al mismo tiempo intelectual y popular, universal y personal, transparente y honda. Un referente fundamental para poetas de todas las generaciones y en todos los rincones del espaol . -Acta del jurado del Premio Cervantes
Publicado originalmente en 1996 e indito en Espaa hasta el momento, este hermoso libro de Ida Vitale, situado a medio camino entre la prosa y la poesa, rene cuentos, fbulas y alegoras que conforman una suerte de bestiario humano en el que la premio Cervantes uruguaya revisita algunos mitos clsicos y da cabida a la fantasa de aliento borgiano. Con perfeccin formal, un inteligente manejo de la irona y un magistral empleo de todas las posibilidades expresivas de nuestra lengua, la autora deslumbra una vez ms con estas historias inquietantes en torno a la belleza, el dolor, el misterio y la profunda cuestin de la existencia. Donde vuela el camalen es, en definitiva, una pequea joya que amalgama no solo una potica, sino una manera de ver la vida. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Never before published in Spain, a literary gem by one of the most renowned writers in Spanish literature, recipient of the Cervantes, FIL Guadalajara, and Reina Sofa prizes.
"It is at the same time intellectual and popular, universal and personal, clear and deep. An essential reference to poets of all generations, in every Spanish-speaking corner of the world." --Statement of the Cervantes Prize jury First published in 1996 and unpublished in Spain until now, this beautiful book by Ida Vitale, halfway between prose and poetry, has short stories, fables, and allegories composing a sort of human bestiary in which the Uruguayan author, awarded the Cervantes Prize, revisits some of the classic myths and gives room to fantasy with a Borgesian air. With formal perfection, a smart use of irony, and a masterful use of all expressive possibilities in the Spanish language, the author dazzles once again with these unsettling stories concerning beauty, pain, mystery, and the profound matter of existence. Where the Chameleon Flies definitely is a small gem that not only welds together a poetic work, but a way to look at life.
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