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Habana flash es un texto de viaje convertido en ficción. Xavier Alcalá, escritor de gran trayectoria literaria, opta en este caso por novelar un viaje partiendo de una historia familiar, en busca de los lugares donde su abuelo hizo fortuna. La ficción está tan próxima a la realidad que algunos personajes aparecen con su verdadero nombre, mientras otros (los revolucionarios frustrados por Fidel), son redibujados con destreza pues en su condición de informantes cubanos están expuestos al castigo. A pesar de estas licencias, Habana flash consigue tal verosimilitud, que resulta imposible no pensar en este libro como un retrato de aquella Cuba que ni siquiera Fidel quiso vislumbrar.
Havana Flash is a travel book converted into fiction. Xavier Alcalá, a writer with an impressive literary trajectory, chooses to write about a trip in which he searches for the places in which his grandfather made his fortune. Fiction is so close to reality that some of the characters appear with their real name while others (the revolutionaries frustrated with Fidel) are carefully redrawn to hide their true identity as they could otherwise face severe punishment for providing the author with certain information. Ten years later, another writer with Cuban roots, Marcelino Fernández Mallo, revisits the visions of Xavier Alacalá and dedicates a preface and prologue in which he talks about the contemporary nature of the book’s message. Xavier Alcalá manages to construct the Cuban reality that flows from the present to the past and that seemingly gets lost in the chaos.
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Havana Flash is a travel book converted into fiction. Xavier Alcalá, a writer with an impressive literary trajectory, chooses to write about a trip in which he searches for the places in which his grandfather made his fortune. Fiction is so close to reality that some of the characters appear with their real name while others (the revolutionaries frustrated with Fidel) are carefully redrawn to hide their true identity as they could otherwise face severe punishment for providing the author with certain information. Ten years later, another writer with Cuban roots, Marcelino Fernández Mallo, revisits the visions of Xavier Alacalá and dedicates a preface and prologue in which he talks about the contemporary nature of the book’s message. Xavier Alcalá manages to construct the Cuban reality that flows from the present to the past and that seemingly gets lost in the chaos.
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Xavier Alcalá was born in Miguelturra (Ciudad Real) in 1947. He began to publish in 1971 and since then has written over a thousand articles and thirty books. For his work he has received the Pérez LugIn Award in journalism and the Pedrón de Ouro and Manuel MurguIa Awards for short stories. He has received the Cidade da Coruña (City of La CoruNa) and the CrItica Española (Spanish Critics) Awards for his novel Fábula, the Blanco Amor Award for his book Alén da Desventura, and the CrItica de Galicia (Critics of Galicia) Award for Nas catacumbas. His best known novel is A nosa cinza, which has sold more than 70,000 copies. He has also published the travel writing stories Argentina and Viaxes no paIs de Elal.
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- PublisherNowtilus
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 8497637267
- ISBN 13 9788497637268
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
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Book Description Condition: New. Idioma/Language: Español. Hace unos años, Xavier Alcalá partió hacia La Habana pasando por Lisboa. De aquel viaje necesario surgió este libro. Uno en donde aquella ciudad cobra vida --o la recupera de alguna manera--, cargada de voces zumbonas, de calor, de autos viejos, de calles con la alegría decrépita de la revolución. Allí se sumerge Xavier Alcalá para re-encontrar el pasado, rememorando las huellas de su abuelo Remigio, quien como otros tantos gallegos, dejó su país con la esperanza de encontrar en Cuba aquel horizonte que le mezquinaba su tierra. El espíritu de este abuelo Remigio nos acompaña durante todo el viaje, en las conversaciones con los gallegos que jamás regresaron, en los paisajes, y, sobre todo en Peixiño, aquel sitio donde el mar todavía retiene el acento. Xavier Alcalá es un narrador orgánico, vital, que explora, escucha --tal vez más de lo que espera--, recuerda, contextualiza, relaciona y concluye. Pero concluye para empezar de nuevo, para escribir contra el pesar del regreso o, quizá, sobre todo, contra la falta de tiempo, porque sabe que si él "pudiera juntar tanta vivencia, escribiría tanto y tanto podría dar a saber al mundo sobre la aventura de existir. ". *** Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente. No aceptamos pedidos con destino a Ceuta y Melilla. Seller Inventory # 1507337
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