Name: Baumgartner (in Spanish)
Price: 26.95 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Paul Auster
ISBN: 9786316508966

Type

Physical Book

Author

Paul Auster

Publisher

Seix Barral

Synopsis "Baumgartner (in Spanish)"

«El retrato de este hombre reflexivo que abraza la pérdida y el amor es una revelación magnífica y llena de suspense de los dramas encubiertos de cualquier vida.» Booklist«Una emocionante reflexión acerca de lo que significa amar a alguien. A Auster siempre le han encantado el azar, el eco, y en Baumgartner, esa obsesión maravilla y electriza.» Financial Times«Una novela preciosa sobre el consuelo de la memoria. Un libro para subrayar.» Publishers Weekly Baumgartner es un eminente escritor y profesor universitario, tan excéntrico como increíblemente tierno, que hace nueve años perdió a su mujer. Su vida estuvo definida por el amor profundo y duradero que sentía hacia Anna y ahora, con 71 años, continúa luchando por vivir en su ausencia. Su historia común arranca en 1968, cuando se conocen como estudiantes sin dinero en Nueva York y a pesar de ser casi opuestos en muchos aspectos, inician una apasionada relación que se prolongará a lo largo de cuarenta años. La superación del duelo por la pérdida de Anna se intercala con historias maravillosas -desde su juventud en Newark hasta la vida de revolucionario fracasado de su padre en Europa del Este- y con una poderosa reflexión acerca del modo en que amamos en distintas etapas de la vida. Paul Auster alumbra en Baumgartner a uno de los personajes más inolvidables de su carrera, transita con él los caminos del azar y la memoria y explora qué significa el amor en las distintas etapas de la vida y cómo afrontamos el duelo o el trascurrir del tiempo. De una exquisita calidez, contiene toda la sabiduría de aquel que, aun habiendo perdido una parte de sí mismo, ha aprendido que vivir con miedo al dolor es negarse a vivir.

Paul Auster

(Author)

View Author's Page

Paul Auster was a writer, translator, and filmmaker. Among his works are The Invention of Solitude (1982); The New York Trilogy (1987); Moon Palace (1989); Leviathan (1992); Timbuktu (1999); The Book of Illusions (2002); Oracle Night (2003); Brooklyn Follies (2005); Sunset Park (2010); Winter Journal (2012); 4 3 2 1 (2017); The Immortal Flame of Stephen Crane (2021); A Country Bathed in Blood (2023), in collaboration with Spencer Ostrander, and Baumgartner (2024). He wrote the screenplays for the films Smoke (1995) and Blue in the Face (1995), co-directing with Wayne Wang, and for Lulu on the Bridge (1998) and The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007), which he directed alone. He edited the short story collection I Thought My Father Was God (2001) and his poetic work is collected in the volume Complete Poetry (2012). He was also the author of A Life in Words (2018), a volume that collects his conversations with Professor I. B. Siegumfeldt about his work and the craft of writing.
He received numerous awards, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, the Médicis Prize for the novel Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke, and the Best Book of the Year Award from the Madrid Booksellers Guild for The Book of Illusions. He was named a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of France. His work is translated into more than forty languages. He has received numerous awards, including the Médicis Prize for the novel Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke, the Best Book of the Year Award from the Madrid Booksellers Guild for The Book of Illusions, the Qué Leer Award for Oracle Night, and the Leteo Award; he was a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for The Book of Illusions and the PEN/Faulkner Award for The Music of Chance.
In 2006 he received the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of France. His work is translated into more than forty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

See less