Name: Time Ages in a Hurry
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Author: Antonio Tabucchi
ISBN: 9780914671053

Type

Physical Book

Author

Antonio Tabucchi

Publisher

Archipelago

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

140

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780914671053

Synopsis "Time Ages in a Hurry "

As the collection's title suggests, time's passage is the fil rouge of these stories. All of Tabucchi's characters struggle to find routes of escape from a present that is hard to bear, and from places in which political events have had deeply personal ramifications for their own lives. Each of the nine stories in Time Ages in a Hurry is an imaginative inquiry into something hidden or disguised, which can be uncovered not by reason but only by feeling and intuition, by what isn't said. Disquieted and disoriented yet utterly human in their loves and fears, the characters in these vibrant and often playful stories suffer from what Tabucchi once referred to as a "corrupted relationship with history." Each protagonist must confront phantoms from the past, misguided or false beliefs, and the deepest puzzles of identity--and each in his or her own way ends up experiencing "an infinite sense of liberation, as when finally we understand something we'd known all along and didn't want to know."

Antonio Tabucchi

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Antonio Tabucchi (1943-2012) fue un escritor y académico italiano, considerado una de las voces más destacadas de la literatura europea contemporánea. Su obra combina reflexión política, profundidad filosófica y una clara fascinación por Portugal, país con el que mantuvo una estrecha relación cultural y vital. Su novela más reconocida, Sostiene Pereira, se convirtió en un clásico moderno por su mirada crítica sobre la dictadura salazarista y su defensa de la libertad individual frente a la opresión.

A lo largo de su trayectoria, Tabucchi exploró la identidad, la memoria y los dilemas existenciales en una narrativa elegante y sutil, marcada por la influencia de Fernando Pessoa, de quien fue traductor y estudioso. Entre sus logros literarios recibió reconocimientos como el Premio Campiello y el Premio Médicis Étranger, consolidando su prestigio internacional. Su obra sigue inspirando a lectores que buscan una literatura comprometida con el pensamiento y la dignidad humana.

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