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Mi vida querida / Dear Life: (Dear Life, Spanish-language)
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Mi vida querida / Dear Life: (Dear Life, Spanish-language)

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La gran autora canadiense nos ofrece Mi vida querida, una coleccion de cuentos en los que vemos a hombres y mujeres obligados a traficar con la duda, el dolor y la decepcion sin mas recursos que su humanidad.

?Bastan un beso robado, un salto desde un tren en marcha, la sombra furtiva de una mujer, una borrachera de media tarde o las preguntas arriesgadas de una nina para conformar un mundo que tenga peso propio y cuente la vida entera? Si quien escribe es Alice Munro un simple adjetivo sirve para cruzar las fronteras de la anecdota y colocarnos en el lugar donde bullen los sentimientos y las emociones.

Comienzos, finales, giros del destino… y de repente, cuando creiamos que el relato llegaria a su obvia conclusion, Munro nos invita a dar otra vuelta de tuerca que cambia el fluir de los acontecimientos y emociona al lector, mostrando hasta que punto esa vida cotidiana que tanto nos cansa puede llegar a ser extraordinaria. Cierran el volumen unas paginas que Munro dedica a su propia infancia, unas notas esplendidas donde lo personal se funde con la ficcion, pues, en palabras de la misma autora la autobiografia vive en la forma, mas que en el contenido .

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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE ® IN LITERATURE 2013 A New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Notable Work of FictionA Best Book of the Year: The Atlantic, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Vogue, AV Club In story after story in this brilliant new collection, Alice Munro pinpoints the moment a person is forever altered by a chance encounter, an action not taken, or a simple twist of fate. Her characters are flawed and fully human: a soldier returning from war and avoiding his fiancee, a wealthy woman deciding whether to confront a blackmailer, an adulterous mother and her neglected children, a guilt-ridden father, a young teacher jilted by her employer. Illumined by Munro’s unflinching insight, these lives draw us in with their quiet depth and surprise us with unexpected turns. And while most are set in her signature territory around Lake Huron, some strike even closer to home: an astonishing suite of four autobiographical tales offers an unprecedented glimpse into Munro’s own childhood. Exalted by her clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, Dear Life shows how strange, perilous, and extraordinary ordinary life can be.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Date
4 February 2014
Pages
336
ISBN
9780804172967

La gran autora canadiense nos ofrece Mi vida querida, una coleccion de cuentos en los que vemos a hombres y mujeres obligados a traficar con la duda, el dolor y la decepcion sin mas recursos que su humanidad.

?Bastan un beso robado, un salto desde un tren en marcha, la sombra furtiva de una mujer, una borrachera de media tarde o las preguntas arriesgadas de una nina para conformar un mundo que tenga peso propio y cuente la vida entera? Si quien escribe es Alice Munro un simple adjetivo sirve para cruzar las fronteras de la anecdota y colocarnos en el lugar donde bullen los sentimientos y las emociones.

Comienzos, finales, giros del destino… y de repente, cuando creiamos que el relato llegaria a su obvia conclusion, Munro nos invita a dar otra vuelta de tuerca que cambia el fluir de los acontecimientos y emociona al lector, mostrando hasta que punto esa vida cotidiana que tanto nos cansa puede llegar a ser extraordinaria. Cierran el volumen unas paginas que Munro dedica a su propia infancia, unas notas esplendidas donde lo personal se funde con la ficcion, pues, en palabras de la misma autora la autobiografia vive en la forma, mas que en el contenido .

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE ® IN LITERATURE 2013 A New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Notable Work of FictionA Best Book of the Year: The Atlantic, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Vogue, AV Club In story after story in this brilliant new collection, Alice Munro pinpoints the moment a person is forever altered by a chance encounter, an action not taken, or a simple twist of fate. Her characters are flawed and fully human: a soldier returning from war and avoiding his fiancee, a wealthy woman deciding whether to confront a blackmailer, an adulterous mother and her neglected children, a guilt-ridden father, a young teacher jilted by her employer. Illumined by Munro’s unflinching insight, these lives draw us in with their quiet depth and surprise us with unexpected turns. And while most are set in her signature territory around Lake Huron, some strike even closer to home: an astonishing suite of four autobiographical tales offers an unprecedented glimpse into Munro’s own childhood. Exalted by her clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, Dear Life shows how strange, perilous, and extraordinary ordinary life can be.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Date
4 February 2014
Pages
336
ISBN
9780804172967