Nicanor Parra, rey y mendigo / Nicanor Parra. King and Beggar

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El granĀ autorĀ chileno RafaelĀ Gumucio haĀ escritoĀ unaĀ biografĆ­aĀ conmovedoraĀ sobreĀ uno deĀ losĀ grandesĀ poetasĀ enĀ lenguaĀ hispana.

Ā«Esta no es una biografĆ­a de Parra. Esta es una biografĆ­a con Parra. Es una biografĆ­a contra Parra. Parra es en este libro apenas un abrigo, una mĆ”scara mĆ”s.Ā» -Rafael Gumucio

Cuando Nicanor Parra obtuvo el premio Cervantes 2012, la literatura en espaƱol revelĆ³ al pĆŗblico uno de sus secretos mejor guardados. Desde mucho antes, su casa en Las Cruces se habĆ­a convertido en un lugar de peregrinaciĆ³n para una generaciĆ³n entera de jĆ³venes escritores chilenos. AllĆ­ acudiĆ³ por primera vez Rafael Gumucio con apenas treinta y dos aƱos dispuesto a comentar sus libros con el octogenario antipoeta. Pero Parra solo querĆ­a hablar de una de las tantas columnas que el autor deĀ Memorias prematurasĀ publicaba en los periĆ³dicos: Ā«Supe en ese instante que no le importaban mis libros ni mi prosa, que yo pensaba ingenuamente me habĆ­an llevado hasta aquĆ­. Le gustaba una columna de entre las miles que habĆ­a escrito, y era esa y nada mĆ”s. Con eso basta y sobraĀ».

Gumucio siguiĆ³ visitando a Parra asiduamente, pero en aquel primer encuentro quedĆ³ sellada la textura que tendrĆ­a la relaciĆ³n entre ambos: Parra proyectarĆ­a su sombra apabullante cargada de inteligencia y de talento, y Gumucio se debatirĆ­a bajo esa sombra entre la admiraciĆ³n, el desconcierto y el terror: Ā«Vive en el infierno, pienso, o en el purgatorio, ese seƱor que hace chistes todo el tiempo, que camina como si bailara y odia el patetismo existencial o cualquier tipo de gravedad. No descansa nunca, aunque estĆ© tranquilamente sentado frente al ventanal que da al marĀ». Partiendo de una tarea de documentaciĆ³n monumental, apelando a sus propios recuerdos y a la memoria de su relaciĆ³n con Parra, Gumucio escribiĆ³ un libro cuyo tĆ­tulo -Nicanor Parra, rey y mendigo-Ā condensa la complejidad inabarcable de uno de los mĆ”s grandes poetas de habla hispana, una biografĆ­a conmovedora que echa luz sobre cada uno de los momentos de la vida de un hombre irrepetible.

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Great Chilean author Rafael Gumucio has written a moving biography about one of the great Spanish language poets.
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When Nicanor Parra won the 2012 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Spanish literature revealed to the public one of its best kept secrets. Long before, his home in Las Cruces had become a sort of pilgrimage for an entire generation of young Chilean writers. Rafael Gumucio went to Las Cruces for the first time when he was barely thirty-two years old, ready to discuss his books with the antipoet who was already in his eighties. But Parra only wanted to talk about one of the many columns that the author published in the newspapers. He liked one of his columns out of the thousands he had written, and it was all about that one and nothing else.
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Gumucio continued to visit Parra diligently, but that first meeting sealed the type of relationship they would have: Parra would project his overwhelming shadow full of intelligence and talent, and Gumucio would juggle admiration, bewilderment, and terror under that shadow. Starting from an immense work of research, going back into his own memories, and the memory of his relationship with Parra, Gumucio wrote a book whose title condenses the immeasurable complexity of one of the greatest Spanish-speaking poets; a moving biography that sheds light on each moment of this unique manā€™s life.

This book title, Nicanor Parra, rey y mendigo / Nicanor Parra. King and Beggar, ISBN: 9788439737421, by Rafael Gumucio, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (January 19, 2021) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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Author:
Rafael Gumucio
Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
PRH Grupo Editorial (January 19, 2021)
Language:
Spanish
ISBN-13:
9788439737421
ISBN-10:
8439737424
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23.8oz
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5.35" x 9.05" x 1.43"
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10
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Pages:
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Country of Origin:
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