Citario of La Habana
Havana cited as a fragmented city: violence, ruin, desire, memory, politics, verbal survival.
Havana cited as a fragmented city: violence, ruin, desire, memory, politics, verbal survival.
Different voices reread, debate, or reassess the great Cuban novelist, the possessor of a deeply contradictory personality—perhaps more so than many are willing to admit.
Various outside voices have sought to read, discuss, or surround him, and in doing so have constructed an indirect portrait: Lezama seen through the sum of his echoes, controversies, and dazzling moments.
Critical perspectives that explore the ethics, moral enigma and poetics of travel in the work of the great Polish-British writer.
On the anniversary of the birth of the great Russian writer, these quotes evoke the author who, like a modern Dante, transformed the destiny of literature in the century of the novel par excellence.
From Simone de Beauvoir to Néstor Perlongher, another evocation of the most literary and bookish city, which is itself writing and an image of the times.
On the anniversary of Friedrich Nietzsche’s birth, this citarium evokes his idol-shattering hammer, the lion that gives birth to the child, and the eternal return.
From Voltaire to Compagnon, an evocation of the most literary and bookish city, which is itself writing and an image of the times.
On the anniversary of William Faulkner’s birth, this quote evokes the writer who, with innovative and influential prose, gave voice to the complexity of the American South.
On the anniversary of Jorge Luis Borges’ birth, this collection of quotes evokes the writer who imagined the Aleph, the symbol of all worlds and all possible quotes.