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Canto Castrato (Spanish Edition) (Literatura / Literature) Paperback – August 21, 2018

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Canto castrato nos conduce, en medio de un encendido clima de romanticismo, tras los pasos de un divo de la ópera dieciochesca, el Micchino.

En 1738 las naciones de Europa se alzan en su escalada de absolutismo y frivolidad. La muerte de Luis XIV ha abierto un vacío que poco a poco llenarán las criaturas ambiguas del rococó. Ha llegado el momento de máximo esplendor de emperatrices y reyes galantes: Catalina, María Teresa, Federico el Grande, Luis en Bienamado... Y sobre los más altos poderes se cierne un canto sublime e inquietante: el de los castrati.

Desde Nápoles hasta San Petersburgo pasando por Viena, Canto castrato es un viaje artístico en el que asistimos al triunfo de la ópera italiana en las cortes nórdicas. Pero también es un recorrido por el clima político de la época, pues alrededor de la música se teje una maraña de intereses... Y, sobre todo, es una travesía amorosa: el Micchino repite los pasos de Orfeo para rescatar a la pequeña Amanda del infierno de un matrimonio desdichado. Que lo logre al fin no es el menor de los milagros de esta novela seductora y apasionada.

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During a lively era of romanticism, Canto castrato leads us to follow the footsteps of a divo from 18th century opera, the Micchino.
 
In 1738 countries in Europe had a boom of totalitarianism and frivolity. Louis XIV’s death left a void that, little by little would be filled by the ambiguous Rococo creatures. The era of highest splendor by empresses and chivalrous kings had arrived: Catalina, Maria Teresa, Frederick the Great, Louis the Beloved ... And over the highest powers lingered a sublime and disturbing song: that of the castrati.
 
From Naples to St. Petersburg and through Vienna, Canto castrato is an artistic journey where we witness the triumph of Italian opera in the Nordic courts. But it is also a journey through the political climate of the times due to a tangle of interests and sophistry woven around and within the music. And above all, it is a love story: the Micchino repeats Orpheus’ steps to rescue Amanda from the hell of her unhappy marriage. Whether he achieves it or not would be the miracle of this seductive and passionate novel.
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    304 pages
  2. Language
    Spanish
  3. Publisher
    Literatura Random House
  4. Publication date
    August 21, 2018
  5. Dimensions
    5.4 x 0.82 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    8439709951
  7. ISBN-13
    978-8439709954
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César Aira nació en Coronel Pringles, Argentina, en 1949. Desde 1967 vive en Buenos Aires, dedicado a la traducción y a la escritura de novelas, ensayos y muchos textos que oscilan entre ambos géneros.

Aira es uno de los narradores más radicalmente originales, imaginativos, inteligentes y delirantes. Su obra ha sido publicada profusamente en Argentina, Chile, México y España, y sus novelas han sido traducidas a más de veinte idiomas. En Literatura Random House se han publicado hasta el momento: Ema, la cautiva (1997), Cómo me hice monja (1998), La mendiga (1999), Cumpleaños (2001), El mago (2002), Canto castrato (2003), Las noches de flores (2004), Un episodio en la vida del pintor viajero (2005), Parménides (2006), Las curas milagrosas del Doctor Aira (2007), Las aventuras de Barbaverde (2008), El error (2010), El congreso de literatura (2012), Los fantasmas (2013), El santo (2015), El cerebro musical (2016), Sobre el arte contemporáneo / En La Habana (2016) y Evasión y otros ensayos (2017). Con la publicación de El santo, Literatura Random House inauguró la Biblioteca César Aira, donde se recuperan algunas de sus mejores obras.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Literatura Random House; 001 edition (August 21, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Spanish
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8439709951
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8439709954
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.82 x 9 inches
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César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He taught at the University of Buenos Aires (about Copi and Rimbaud) and at the University of Rosario (Constructivism and Mallarmé), and has translated and edited books from France, England, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela.

Perhaps one of the most prolific writers in Argentina, and certainly one of the most talked about in Latin America, Aira has published more than eighty books to date in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, and Spain, which have been translated for France, Great Britain, Italy, Brazil, Portugal, Greece, Austria, Romania, Russia, and now the United States.

One novel, La prueba, has been made into a feature film, and How I Became a Nun was chosen as one of Argentina’s ten best books. Besides essays and novels Aira writes regularly for the Spanish newspaper El País. In 1996 he received a Guggenheim scholarship, in 2002 he was shortlisted for the Rómulo Gallegos prize, and has been shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.

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Exquisita diversión. Aira reproduce el mundo de los Castrati en el siglo XVIII de una forma extravagante, ingeniosa y además divertidisima. Los vestuarios, las voces, los teatros, las fiestas, el cinismo de los poderosos y el poder de los bellos y ricos, tal cual como hoy en día.
Me encantó este libro y lo recomiendo, sobre todo por ese lenguaje divino que marca el estilo de Aira.
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