Yleistieto

Kanoninen nimi: Benedetto, Antonio di
Syntymäaika: 1922-11-02
Kuolinaika: 1986-10-10
Sukupuoli: male
Kansalaisuus: Argentina
Syntymäpaikka: Mendoza, Argentina
Kuolinpaikka: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Asuinpaikat: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spain
Ammatit: novelist
short-story writer
journalist
Lyhyt elämäkerta: Antonio Di Benedetto nació en la ciudad de Mendoza en 1922 y murió en Buenos Aires en 1986. Es autor de novelas y relatos. Además de narrador, Di Benedetto fue periodista y guionista de cine. Recibió numerosos premios y becas y sus libros han sido sucesivamente reeditados y traducidos a otros idiomas. Detenido por la dictadura militar argentina en 1976, tras un año de cárcel se exilió a España, de donde regresó poco antes de su muerte.

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Zama Tekijä: Antonio Di Benedetto

Con una escritura bella y precisa, Antonio Di Benedetto narra la existencia solitaria y suspendida de Don Diego de Zama, un funcionario de la corona española en Asunción del Paraguay que, víctima de una interminable espera, aguarda ser trasladado a Buenos Aires a fines del siglo XVIII.
La de Zama no es cualquier espera, se trata de una condición existencial, angustiosa y reflexiva, en un territorio caracterizado por la lejanía, la ajenidad y la disposición para el recuerdo. Zama es la novela de un exiliado castizo, con un lenguaje intemporal y arcaico, por momentos cercano al del Siglo de Oro.… (lisätietoja)

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Natt90 | 14 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 30, 2023 |

Zama (New York Review Books Classics) Tekijä: Antonio Di Benedetto

Call me a coward, call me a philistine, I couldn't keep on reading, or rather, I paged slowly but steadily through the book growing ever more impatient. A bureaucrat is sent from Argentina to an office in Paraguay (think, guy from New York City being sent to work in Edmonton). Not paid enough, but not bothering either to send his wife and children any money (there is some but he spends it on himself) or to bring them to Paraguay as he hopes to get back to 'civilization'. I couldn't help wondering, after fifty or so pages whether he had been sent there as a tiresome self-absorbed man no one could bear the sight of back home. The lack in Zama of any self-awareness (possession of which leads to humour, which leads to a balance). What caused me to abandon the novel is that I couldn't get past a sense of the whole taking itself too seriously (and I mean that at so many levels). I also found di Benedetto's use of melodrama, histrionics, and so forth in a sort of casual throwaway manner as a literary device to develop his protagonist's decline, unconvincing. I've read lots of gloomy novels written by men about men (and the occasional woman) who just can't get past their desires, their inability to get out of their own heads or other parts etcetera, most of those tales had something I couldn't find here and cannot endure searching for further. I'd love to spoil by offering the ending which, in its extreme melodrama, makes my point, and almost becomes humorous almost compassionate, but . . . really? I chose the book to widen my reading of South American writers (from NYRB). And seriously, I'm not condemning the book, but giving you my own reaction, and you might find this a gem as others have.… (lisätietoja)

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sibylline | 14 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 9, 2023 |

The Silentiary (New York Review Books; Classics) Tekijä: Antonio Di Benedetto

After reading Zama, I had to read the next book in, what some call, Di Benedetto's "trilogy", The Silentiary. Although not having the power of Zama, The Silentiary is likewise a remarkable display of talent. Di Benedetto's style is simple yet elegant and unique. The reader finds themselves immersed in the central character's mental pain and growing frustration. As with poetry, the book can be (and is) interpreted in varying ways. It's power is both in what is said and, perhaps more so, in what remains unsaid.… (lisätietoja)

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colligan | 1 muu arvostelu | May 26, 2022 |

Zama Tekijä: Antonio Di Benedetto

A truly remarkable book. It is hard to understand how this work does not have a more notable reputation nor a wider readership. Di Benedetto presents a first person stream of consciousness narrative of a life in decline. A reader can hear and feel how the character attempts to make sense of the miasma that he himself creates. Certainly an existential classic written in succinct and yet moving prose. Clearly ahead of its time and a must-read for any person interested in serious literature.

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colligan | 14 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 20, 2022 |

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