Ciudad de Dios (Spanish Edition) - Softcover
En La ciudad de Dios, E.L. Doctorow entrelaza recuerdos, acontecimientos historicos y reflexiones, todo ello proyectado sobre una idea central: la realidad contemporanea de Dios. El eje del relato es la desaparicion de la gigantesca cruz de laton que pendia sobre el altar de St. Timothy's, una iglesia episcopal de Manhattan, que reaparece a los pocos dias en el tejado de una sinagoga en el otro extremo de la isla. / New York at the end of the 20th century--hardly St. Augustine's city of God--is the canvas on which Doctorow paints an impressionistic portrait of man's frail moral nature and the possibilities of redemption. Challenging and provocative, this rambling narrative is a mix of alternating voices that touch on such matters as theology, popular music, astronomy, physics and science, war, carnal love, the verisimilitude of film to life (and distortions thereof).
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New York at the end of the 20th century--hardly St. Augustine's city of God--is the canvas on which Doctorow paints an impressionistic portrait of man's frail moral nature and the possibilities of redemption. Challenging and provocative, this rambling narrative is a mix of alternating voices that touch on such matters as theology, popular music, astronomy, physics and science, war, carnal love, the verisimilitude of film to life (and distortions thereof).
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E.L. Doctorow is one of America's most accomplished and acclaimed living writers. Winner of the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice), the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the National Humanities Medal, he is the author of nine novels that have explored the drama of American life from the late 19th century to the 21st. Al Alvarez is a poet, literary critic, and author of many non-fiction books on topics ranging from suicide, divorce and dreams - The Savage God, Life After Marriage, Night - to poker and mountaineering - The Biggest Game in Town, Offshore. He was poetry editor of The Observer from 1956-66. He has contributed regularly to The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker. His most recent books are an autobiography, Where Did It All Go Right?, New & Selected Poems and The Writer's Voice. He lives in London.
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- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 8493722812
- ISBN 13 9788493722814
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- Number of pages384
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Book Description Rústica. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo. Nueva York a finales del siglo XX es, difícilmente, la ciudad que San Agustín soñó. . Lo que sí es: una metrópolis que está a punto de entrar en un nuevo milenio, en la que el caos reina y donde Dios brilla por su ausencia. En otoño de 1999 una cruz de latón desparece del altar de una iglesia episcopaliana del East Village para . aparecer más tarde en el techo de una sinagoga del Upper West Side. Everett, un escritor en busca de inspiración, se interesará por este extraño suceso y con esa excusa entablará una relación amistosa el párroco de la iglesia saqueada, el librepensador Thomas Pemberton. Al mismo tiempo, el párroco conocerá al rabino Joshua Gruen, que dirige la sinagoga donde aparece finalmente la cruz. Juntos discuten sobre lo válido de la religión en un siglo que ha vivido barbaries inconcebibles con un derramamiento de sangre que pareciera inacabable. LIBRO. Seller Inventory # 102246
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. translation edition. 384 pages. Spanish language. 8.25x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk8493722812
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