Miguel de Unamuno (Colección españoles eminentes) (Spanish Edition)

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I felt a divergence between the intentions and the form, but as I proceeded, I detected more and more of the humour and laughed out loud several times. I applaud Unamuno in his ability to formulate a parody of something which was not quite there yet. View all 34 comments. Y naturalmente, como en toda historia de amor, nada es simple. Por otra parte, aparece Rosario, la chica del planchado a quien Augusto perversamente hace entrar en el juego.

Esto cambia completamente el curso de la historia. View all 4 comments. It may just be that in this period words seem to not want to come at me -they almost seem to refuse to be summoned, or maybe they want me me to seek them harder, and I can't. So it may be me, it may be the words, but in this case I think it is the book.

I don't feel like there is much about it to be said. You should probably know, before my attempt at saying something , that I am a huge admirer of Luigi Pirandello 's work. To me, he is one of a kind, and he is unequalled. My Spanish professor swears up and down that Unamuno and Pirandello never read each other's works, but their philosophies are disconcertingly similar, and, useless to say, Unamuno's appears to me ad the rough copy of Pirandello's. This may be due exclusively to the fact that I'd read and loved. And reloved Pirandello before Unamuno's arrival in my literary panorama, or it may be due to the fact that Pirandello's world is so wide and deep and ample no matter the dimension you're considering, and Unamuno gave me not even the littlest hint of the vertigo Pirandello gives me.

Now, moving on to the book: Niebla is one of the most interesting literary experiments I've ever had the pleasure to see. It's about the collision of two worlds, the real and the fictional ones, and this I can't help but enjoy. It's the story that the author uses as background where the main flaw of the book lies: Un-meaningful more than meaningless, and I can't say whether the latter would have been a less unappreciative adjective.

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Especially when reading books that I know have been written following a solid and sound conceptual system, I expect to and enjoy finding in each episode of the plot a more or less veiled reference to that system. I like when actions are soaked with thoughts. And what I felt was that in this book, if not very superficially, they weren't. I think I will just stick with Pirandello.

View all 5 comments. Politically unsettling times at the onset of The Great War. Fragmentation in the world and a tendency to see through a glass darkly perhaps was the inspiration for "Fog" written by Miguel de Unamuno. Augusto, a pampered, wealthy intellectual, still reeling two years after his mother's death, was bored with life. Bored, until the day he spotted a girl with beautiful eyes. He followed her home and gleaned the necessary information. She was single, orphaned, and lived with her aunt and uncle.

Left almost destitute by her father after a stock market crash, she gave piano lessons to pay off the heavily mortgaged house she had inherited. Up until now, Augusto existed in a fog.

He now had wild dreams about the undying love of his own creation. Augusto, introverted and unsure of himself, confers with friend Victor. Victor tells him that Eugenia's presence has awakened Augusto's senses to women collectively. Feelings for a singular woman will help him to consider branching out and experiencing life and love. Augusto's "over the top" fascination with Eugenia is problematic since Eugenia has a fiance, Mauricio. Despite Mauricio's presence, Augusto is selfless.

He pays off Eugenia's mortgage and eliminates her debts. While Eugenia's aunt calls Augusto her favorite suitor, strong willed Eugenia is determined to marry lazy, unemployed Mauricio, a bum who detests the idea of work. She feels that Augusto is trying to "buy her". The fog that is life envelopes Augusto.

He converses with his dog Orfeo, who listens to his soliloquies and thoughts on love. Augusto wants to end his own life.

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He visits author Unamuno, his creator. Unamuno informs him that he is just a character in a novel and only an author can make life or death decisions for the characters. It is very creative and thought provoking. A most enjoyable tome. View all 3 comments. A philosophical novel, recently republished, with a sufficient dose of the fun factor to make it a pleasure for me.

Unamuno was a leftist novelist, playwright, and essayist who served as a professor of Greek and Classics at the University of Salamanca. It A philosophical novel, recently republished, with a sufficient dose of the fun factor to make it a pleasure for me.

It plays on proto-existentialist concepts such as the absurdity of the illusion of free will, the Shakespearean sense of our life as being like actors on a stage, and more ancient notions of our existence being but a dream by our God. The special and delightful twist comes when our main character, Augusto, recognizes Unamumo himself as the god-author responsible for his torments in seeking love. Recognizing this book as innovative does not prove it to be a fun read for contemporary readers. Let me paint the scenario a bit to help you see if it could be your cup of tea.

We meet Augusto who is an aimless aristocrat. Strike one against our loving him. But he begins to charm us with his innocence and naivete and can readily appreciate his impetus to seek love to fill some of the emptiness he feels in life. A random encounter and glance with a woman on the street, Eugenia, leads him to follow her and then to dig information about her from the concierge at her residence. Strike two against him for stalking. A windmill he must tilt at is that Eugenia is already engaged to marry.

Maybe he is deluded, but his eloquence can be fetching: Thanks to love, I can feel my soul in a palpable way, I can touch it. The very core of my soul aches, thanks to love. And what is the soul if not love, if not the incarnation of pain? As Augusto recognizes that only virtue can win the day for him, he bides his time while demonstrating selfless generosities to Eugenia. Meanwhile, the love awakened in his heart opens him to the susceptibility of falling in love with other women he encounters. The laundry girl, Rosario, catches his eye, and soon the dance of affection ensues between them.

Anybody who wants to run an experiment with a way out, without burning bridges, will never attain any real knowledge. I found myself engaged in a hit at the plate beating a strike-three count. Just as he is about to take his fate into his own hands, we get the absurdity of him taking his case to the author. But the reader gets the last laugh. In the beginning was the Word, and through the Word everything was created.

As a sliver of a sample of this perfect end to the tale, Orfeo concludes: Man is such a strange animal. This book was provided by the publisher for review through the Netgalley program. View all 7 comments. Jan 14, Nahed. Oct 04, Fabian rated it really liked it. It is an important feat, a relevant historical artifact in how the writer tries to break ties with classic conventions of the novel. This is an extension of that very Spanish trait--the one in which the writer cannot unglue himself from his creation, indeed intrinsically becoming part of the work himself.

Al estudiarlo con cierto detenimiento, Unamuno se dio cuenta de que su rostro le resultaba familiar. No me asustas, Augusto, dijo. Que no puedes hacerlo. Ya lo hemos hablado. Mira como sangra mi alma. No puedes morir cuando quieras, y menos matarme. Aug 29, Patve rated it it was amazing Shelves: Jul 06, Macoco G.

Muy recomendable su lectura. Apr 05, Murnau rated it it was amazing Shelves: Unamuno, tu molabas mucho, y leerte ahora es como leer a un compatriota actual, tan poco ha camb Ay Unamuno, Unamuno Su vida de snob transcurre placidamente, filosofando y monologando, hasta que conoce a su vecina Eugenia, de la que se enamora perdidamente y la cual le rechaza al primer amago de cortejo. Niebla es, precisamente, una de las obras mas importantes de principios de siglo por darle otra vuelta al genero novelistico, al que satiricamente se referia como nivolistico, creando el primer intento de obra metaliteraria.

Augusto es un personaje que no puedo si no encontrar parodico, es tan profundo como un pozo sin fondo, y tan intenso como una pelo de Bergman. Pero no solo de Augusto se compone la novela, para nada. La Niebla tiene una profunda carga simbolica y filosofica sin llegar a ser pretenciosa ni molesta, para mi sorpresa ha sido un libro muy divertido y ameno de leer, que me ha hecho pensar y entretenerme con buena filosofia y, sobretodo, con buen postureo.

Una lectura muy recomendable aunque este no sea un genero atractivo para el lector casual, denle una oportunidad, estoy seguro que mas de uno se sorprendera y descubrira un clasico tan actual que parece que aun vive entre nosotros. While Unamunos influence on the Spanish modernist literature is evident, I failed to pay him the respect he may have deserved. Some of the identity games that may have been new and interesting thoughts to the then Spanish audience are today utterly uninteresting.

Did my duty, had a few smiles along the road but easily forgot the characters and the idea. Jun 19, Ritz rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Se presenta como un testamento literario, el de Unamuno, para el mundo lector y para el mundo de la literatura, si es que son cosas diferentes.

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Feb 18, Dina rated it liked it. Pero si eres capaz de dejar todo eso a un lado y centrarte en lo que cuentan puedes llegar a divertirte mucho. La historia de Augusto y su enamoramiento es bastante "petarda" pero todo eso es compensado mil veces con el momento casi final en el que Unamuno rompe la cuarta pared y aparece en el libro para dejarte con la boca abierta.

Mar 06, Roy Lotz rated it really liked it Shelves: I had such a positive experience with my first Spanish review that I'm attempting another one. Once again, if anyone notices any errors, don't hesitate to tell me! I'm still a big guiri. The translation is in the spoiler below. La palabra, este producto social, se ha hecho para mentir. La fachada del edificio de las escuelas mayores es un ejemplo glorioso del estilo pl I had such a positive experience with my first Spanish review that I'm attempting another one.

La fachada del edificio de las escuelas mayores es un ejemplo glorioso del estilo plateresco. Es un ejemplo temprano de la novela modernista. Pero es muy diferente de otros ejemplos que conozco. Su lenguaje es muy simple y directo. La idea es permitir que los personajes se escriban. Sin duda, esto es intencional. Los personajes son memorable, y el fin es estupendo. Inside are historical maps, a marvellous library, and various lecture rooms. One of these rooms is dedicated to Miguel de Unamuno, professor, philosopher, and writer. But now he has the dedication he deserves. Niebla is one of his most famous books.

It is an early example of the modernist novel. But it is very different from other examples I know. His language is very simple and straightforward. The majority of the book is dialogue, and consequently the experience of reading it is like the experience of reading a play. The rest is an interior monologue of the protagonist. The idea is to allow the characters to write themselves.

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They write themselves through conversation, and frequently the conversation is disorganized and inconsequential. The plot is a bit like a soap opera, with a lot of silly drama.

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