Saramago en sus palabras (Spanish Edition)

By Saramago, José & Gómez Aguilera, Fernando

Publishers Summary:
One of the main aspects of Saramago s intellectual profile was his active participation in the public sphere. His voice became a global point of reference, particularly identifiable with critical thinking, defense of the weak, and the restoration of human rights a voice that only became stronger with the author s receipt of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. This book constitutes a repertoire of statements made by the author and captured by the press between the second half of 1960 and March 2009. His significance as an originator of public opinion becomes evident in these pages, which delve into the various identities of José Saramago: the man, the author, and the committed citizen. Description in Spanish: La intervencion en la esfera publica constituye uno de los rasgos centrales del perfil intelectual de Jose Saramago. Su voz se convirtio en una referencia global, particularmente identificada con el pensamiento critico, la defensa de los excluidos y la reivindicacion de los derechos humanos. La concesión del Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1998 contribuyo a acrecentar el alcance de sus palabras. Este libro constituye un repertorio de declaraciones del autor recogidas en prensa escrita desde la segunda mitad de los anhos setenta hasta marzo de 2009. Su vertiente de creador de opinión publica queda bien patente en estas paginas, que ahondan en la identidad de Jose Saramago como persona, como escritor y como ciudadano comprometido. Controvertido y racionalista, sentencioso e imaginativo, original y provocador, politico y combativo, Saramago observa, analiza y saca conclusiones poderosas formuladas mediante frases robustas y sugerentes. Unas declaraciones que constituyen hoy un valioso caudal de informacion y de presentacion de ideas y valores eticos, asi como un compendio de sabiduria.

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ISBN
978-6-07110-677-3
Publisher
Alfaguara


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Reviewed on January 1, 2011  |  Spanish Books

This compilation of interview excerpts offers a panoramic, if patchy, view of the late Nobel Prize winner José Saramago's thoughts. Organized in thematic chapters-autobiography, literature, politics-the quotes usually don't take longer than half a page and are sometimes short aphorisms (e.g., "The future of the future is in the South"). The musings about his own work offer some insight on the role of the narrator/author and the scant use of punctuation in his novel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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