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La novela inacabada de José SaramagoSobre la violencia, el negocio de las armas y la responsabilidad personal

Meses antes de su muerte, José Saramago sintió una vez más el impulso vital de reflexionar desde la ficción sobre una de sus mayores preocupaciones: la violencia ejercida sobre las personas y las sociedades, que las convierte en víctimas y les impide ser dueñas absolutas de sus vidas. El resultado de este impulso es Alabardas, alabardas, espingardas, espingardas, una huella emocionante del inagotable espíritu de lucha de José Saramago y su última voluntad narrativa.

El relato inconcluso plantea el conflicto moral de Artur Paz Semedo, empleado de una fábrica de armas, que, intrigado por el sabotaje de una bomba durante la Guerra Civil española e impulsado por Felícia, su exesposa, inicia la investigación de los entresijos de una época convulsa, lo que despierta en él un debate íntimo entre la ceguera impuesta por el miedo heredado y la necesidad del compromiso.

Alabardas, alabardas, espingardas, espingardas es una reflexión sobre el poder y la destrucción, sobre cómo las armas alimentan el gran fracaso ético de la humanidad que son las guerras, sobre la paz como único camino posible para romper con la aparente inevitabilidad de la violencia.

«La historia de Artur Paz Semedo es una orquesta de revelaciones.»
Roberto Saviano

Esta edición especial, ilustrada con grabados de Günter Grass, incluye las notas de trabajo de Saramago, en las que el autor plantea cuál sería el final de la historia narrada. Se complementa, además, con textos del periodista y escritor italiano Roberto Saviano, y del poeta y ensayista español Fernando Gómez Aguilera. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Before his death, José Saramago left three chapters written from what would be his next novel, containing an outline of the plot, profiling the protagonists and, above all, posing new questions in his constant commitment towards raising consciousness. Saramago writes the story of Artur Paz Semedo, a man fascinated by pieces of artillery and employed by an arms-producing factory, who launches an investigation into his own company at the urging of his wife, an intelligent pacifist. The main character's evolution of thought serves as a reflection about the dirtiest side of international politics, a world of hidden interests that underlie the majority of the armed conflicts of the 20th century. Saramago's text is complemented by a prologue by Fernando Gómez Aguilera and a postface by Roberto Saviano.
About the Author: José Saramago (Azinhaga, 1922-Tías, Lanzarote, 2010) es uno de los escritores portugueses más conocidos y apreciados en el mundo entero. En España, a partir de la primera publicación de El año de la muerte de Ricardo Reis, en 1985, su trabajo literario recibió la mejor acogida de los lectores y de la crítica. Otros títulos importantes son Manual de pintura y caligrafía, Levantado del suelo, Memorial del convento, Casi un objeto, La balsa de piedra, Historia del cerco de Lisboa, El Evangelio según Jesucristo, Ensayo sobre la ceguera, Todos los nombres, La caverna, El hombre duplicado, Ensayo sobre la lucidez, Las intermitencias de la muerte, El viaje del elefante, Caín, Claraboya y Alabardas. Alfaguara ha publicado también Poesía completa, Cuadernos de Lanzarote I y II, Viaje a Portugal, el relato breve El cuento de la isla desconocida, el cuento infantil La flor más grande del mundo, el libro autobiográfico Las pequeñas memorias, El Cuaderno, José Saramago en sus palabras, un repertorio de declaraciones del autor recogidas en la prensa escrita, El último cuaderno y Qué haréis con este libro. Teatro completo. Recibió el Premio Camoens y el Premio Nobel de Literatura.

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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9786071135353
  • Publisher: Alfaguara
  • Publisher Imprint: Alfaguara
  • Depth: 19
  • Height: 206 mm
  • No of Pages: 152
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 142 mm
  • ISBN-10: 6071135354
  • Publisher Date: 13 Oct 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Edition: Original
  • Language: Spanish
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 480 gr

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