did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Prosa del observatorio / From the Observatory

9788420419633

Prosa del observatorio / From the Observatory

  • ISBN 13:

    9788420419633

  • ISBN 10:

    842041963X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 01/31/2017
  • Publisher: Alfaguara
Sorry, this item is currently unavailable.

List Price $16.95 Save $0.59

New $16.36

Usually Ships in 3-5 Business Days

We Buy This Book Back We Buy This Book Back!

Included with your book

Free Shipping On Every Order Free Shipping On Every Order

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Extend or Purchase Your Rental at Any Time

Need to keep your rental past your due date? At any time before your due date you can extend or purchase your rental through your account.

Summary

Prosa del observatorio es, a pesar de la confesión del primer sustanttivo, un texto claramente poético. Julio Cortázar, uno de los mejores escritores contemporáneos, convoca la noche de Jai Singh (bebiendo un flujo de estrellas), los observatorios de Jaipur y de Delhi, el anillo de Moebius y la región de los sargazos, en un juego de imágenes que se entrelazan y combinan, como compases de una estructura musical. El mirador desde el que se descifran y rastrean los signos ocultos del cielo -Jaipur y la torre del sultán- o el fondo del océano, con su mar de sargazos y el movimiento envolvente de las anguilas, son los instrjmentos apropiados para este código poético de delicadas aproximaciones, toda vez que la poesía se funda en la ambigüedad y en el contacto fulminante de dos signos inesperadamente conjugados por la imaginación o el ritmo, ese creador de metáforas.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONPerhaps Cortázar's most unconventional work, From the Observatory moves from descriptions of the life cycle of the Atlantic eel to glimpses of the unearthly structures of an observatory built in Jaipur by an 18th-century Indian prince. This architectural wonder is not merely a place dedicated to astronomical observation but also a space that bears witness to the dreams of those who entered it.Cortazar's haunting photos of this enigmatic place flow into other images – streets, oceans, night skies - which then flow into his verbal dance with a dream logic all its own. Like fish unaware of why they are migrating, readers will be pulled into this fantastic current.

Author Biography

Read more