Name: Proust (in Spanish)
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Author: Samuel Beckett
ISBN: 9788483834770

Type

Physical Book

Author

Samuel Beckett

Publisher

Tusquets Editores

Topic

Narrativa, Narrativa

Collection

Marginales

Year

2013

Language

Spanish

Pages

136

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21x13.8 cm

Weight

ISBN

8483834774

ISBN13

9788483834770

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "Proust (in Spanish)"

El interés de Samuel Beckett por la narrativa de Marcel Proust cuajó en esta obra iluminadora y temprana, escrita en 1931, que no sólo brinda una lúcida mirada a la obra proustiana, sino que también arroja luz sobre las piezas teatrales y las novelas del autor irlandés. El Tiempo, sostenido por la memoria y la costumbre, es el eje que vertebra el brillante análisis que Beckett acomete de En busca del tiempo perdido. También la memoria desempeña un importante papel: pero no la memoria buscada, «voluntaria», sino la «involuntaria». Y la interrupción de la costumbre es lo que desencadena revelaciones como las suscitadas por la magdalena sumergida en el té. El texto brinda páginas memorables sobre la soledad, la percepción del pasado y del presente, la amistad, la mentira y el miedo, o sobre la vida como sucesión de paraísos denegados, ideas que Beckett desarrollará en sus obras posteriores. El volumen se cierra con tres célebres diálogos entre el crítico de arte Georges Duthuit y Beckett a propósito de tres pintores, en los que el autor irlandés ofrece jugosas y —sólo aparentemente— desconcertantes opiniones sobre el arte.

Samuel Beckett

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Samuel Beckett was an Irish playwright, novelist, and poet, born on April 13, 1906 in Dublin and died on December 22, 1989 in Paris. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in the theater of the absurd. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin, where he specialized in Romance languages. After a period as a reader at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, he settled permanently in France, a country that deeply marked his life and work.

Beckett wrote in both English and French, and his style is characterized by minimalism, black humor, and the exploration of themes such as despair, time, and the human condition. His most famous work, Waiting for Godot (1953), marked a milestone in contemporary theater by subverting traditional dramatic conventions. Other notable works include Endgame, Happy Days, and the novel trilogy consisting of Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable.

During World War II, he participated in the French Resistance. In 1969, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Beckett left a legacy that continues to challenge and inspire generations of readers and viewers.

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