Aitana

Aitana
Aitana (Alfaguara) (Alfaguara)
German Espinosa,
Publisher: Alfaguara
ISBN: 9587045440 DDC: 863.64 Edition: Paperback; 2007-04-01

Summary:

Hinted with autobiographical overtones, this is the story of an
extraordinary love deviously trampled by the curse of a dark witch.
The crescendo of horror and suspense, joined by the love the narrator
feels towards Aitana, his wife, establish a contrast in a novel which
attacks the offensively materialistic attitude of humankind and a
determined defense to the spiritual values that, according to the
author, a better society should be based on. Description In Spanish:
Con tintes autobiogrÃ¡ficos aunque sÃ³lo en cierta proporciÃ³n, esta
duodÃ©cima novela de GermÃ¡n Espinosa es, ante todo, la relaciÃ³n de
un amor excelso golpeado de las mÃ¡s tortuosas maneras por la
maldiciÃ³n de un brujo negro. Ello hace que el mundo siempre
sobrecogedor de la narrativa espinosiana cobre en ella, tal vez, su
clÃmax de intensidad y de fantasÃa. El crescendo de horror y de
suspenso, unido a la ternura que el relator siente hacia Aitana, su
esposa, a quien considera Â«alma gemelaÂ», establecen un contraste
conmovedor y de alto poder dramÃ¡tico en una historia que se
desarrolla en medio de la aparente cotidianidad de la BogotÃ¡ del
siglo XXI. En tanto aborda la vida compleja del mundo intelectual y
artÃstico de la capital colombiana, expresado en personajes no
difÃciles de identificar en la vida real entre ellos la esposa del
autor, la pintora Josefina Torres, fallecida en 2005, Aitana entraÃ±a
un ataque a fondo a la actitud groseramente materialista del hombre
actual y una firme defensa de los valores del espÃritu, en los
cuales juzga Espinosa que debe fundarse una sociedad mejor.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 863.64 -- Spanish fiction

Book Details:

Physical Description: 5.5"x8.9"x1.1"; 1.1 lb; 405 pages
Edition Info: Paperback; 2007-04-01

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