Cerca del Fuego / Near the Fire

Kirjan Cerca del Fuego / Near the Fire (2024) on kirjoittanut José Agustín. Kirjan kieli on espanja, ja sen on kustantanut Debolsillo. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 352 sivua ja se on nidottu.

Es una obra ambiciosa y personal, en donde la azarosa b squeda del personaje lo lleva a conocerse a s mismo y, a la vez, la terrible realidad de la ciudad de M xico. Cerca del fuego muestra a un Jos Agust n en posesi n de un estilo exacto y ardiente. En estas p ginas los lectores asistimos al conocimiento que el autor posee del ser humano y de sus rincones insondables. Es sta una obra ambiciosa y personal, donde la b squeda conduce hacia las profundidades del ser y hacia un afuera escalofriante. En palabras del autor, "mi mejor libro". He aqu una historia en la que no hay lugar para las concesiones, un libro nacido de la realidad m s inh spita, sobre el que Jos Agust n asegura: "El 14 de febrero de 1978 la noticia principal del Rocky Mountain News dec a que un ex soldado esperaba un cami n en una esquina, cuando comprendi que no sab a de d nde ven a ni a d nde iba. Lo nico que recordaba era que hab a salido del aeropuerto de Miami para visitar a su hermano. En el autob s pregunt la fecha y comprendi que hab a olvidado los ltimos seis a os de su vida. Se aterr . Entr en un hospital del ej rcito y se intern . Los psiquiatras determinaron que su amnesia era genuina. Cuando le esta noticia supe que all estaba el tema de Cerca del fuego. Una amnesia sexenal le ven a muy bien a M xico, pues la padece desde 1940, y a mi personaje, quien tendr a que enfrentarse a lo desconocido para recuperar la memoria". ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An ambitious and personal work where the character's eventful search leads him to know himself and, at the same time, Mexico City's awful reality. Near the Fire depicts Jose Agustin exercising an accurate and ardent style. Within these pages, we readers witness the author's knowledge of human beings and their inscrutable depths. This is an ambitious and personal work where the quest leads to the innermost being and towards a frightening exterior. In the author's own words, "my best book. " Here is a story with no room for compromise, a book born out of the most inhospitable reality, about which Jose Agustin states: "On February 14, 1978, the Rocky Mountain News front page read that a former soldier was standing on a corner, waiting for the bus, when he suddenly realized he didn't know where he came from or where he was headed. The only thing he remembered was that he had left the Miami airport to visit his brother. On the bus, he asked for the date and realized he had forgotten the last six years of his life. He was terrified. He walked into an army hospital and admitted himself. The psychiatrists determined his amnesia was genuine. When I read this article, I knew that was the plot for Near the Fire. A six-year amnesia suited Mexico really well--the country has had amnesia since 1940--and it suited my character also, who would have to face the unknown to get his memories back. "