Sherline Richard Montenegro and Chirinos LEISURE THE ODYSSEY OF RICHARD MONTENEGRO José Carlos De Nobrega
In the city of Valencia in San Simeon Stylites, perched in our pattern monolith in the Plaza Mayor, we encounter voices that profess their devotion to literature and classical Greek mythology: Theodore Lascaris, of course, heir to the throne of Greece who taught us the great philosophy at UC, Alejandro Oliveros, by way of its persistent poetic work and essay, or Pedro Téllez, in their comments added and book reviews with a pretext to talk about pleasant rereading of the classics. In spite of the difficulties posed by the editorial work in Latin America, we find the order on the shelves of libraries in South Valencia, the small volume of stories 13 fables and other stories by Richard Montenegro.
In the city of Valencia in San Simeon Stylites, perched in our pattern monolith in the Plaza Mayor, we encounter voices that profess their devotion to literature and classical Greek mythology: Theodore Lascaris, of course, heir to the throne of Greece who taught us the great philosophy at UC, Alejandro Oliveros, by way of its persistent poetic work and essay, or Pedro Téllez, in their comments added and book reviews with a pretext to talk about pleasant rereading of the classics. In spite of the difficulties posed by the editorial work in Latin America, we find the order on the shelves of libraries in South Valencia, the small volume of stories 13 fables and other stories by Richard Montenegro.
is an honor to present this first-book-win-win: The first of our friend Richard as the author, the first title that opens the Regional Printing Carabobo, and my first experience as an editor. A curious fact has two editions: the first August 2007 equivalent as stated in the last page, 500 copies, the second of January 2008, corrected if you will, amount to 250 copies print run. We care about the work and the author, not of the incidents relating to the first edition, worthy rather of chronic disparate Martin Romagna.
The thirteen fables, to which the title refers, are the central motif of this collection narrative: A study of Venezuela's very playful and Greek mythology, fed lucky as can be seen, far from, for example, the terrible imitation of poets Ruben Dario attributed to strangers-here turkeys and snowy swans mutate marché paper birds, or the unfortunate approach to the myth Orpheus Marcel Camus and, worse, to the idiosyncrasy and culture of Brazil in the film Black Orpheus . The tone blends comedy, poetry and intelligent and timely quotation: The opening shows the antlers of a Menelaus mocked by the people, as political revenge of the slave shame they are submitted to the nomenclature of the warrior clan in power. Vegetables that throws the horned mob monarch, that scene takes us back Bernardo Bertolucci's Novecento, in which peasants horse manure dumped on the oppressors. The fifth fable tells us the agony and despair of Orpheus, not matter what the location is a flea market sponsored by a book that even the shadow home sells for, as is known at this academy is the fuse melted long ago. So poetic recreation of the myth, equal to its multiplicity of interpretations, not detract from the necessary cultural criticism has merit half petty, silly and definitely agraphic like ours (in spite of the DTA in our universities and cultural institutions) "It was useless, Eurydice and culture remain in hell." Another of the fables of our preference refers to Odysseus or Ulysses, old warrior renowned for his dog Argos Jodisea regardless of the spread for years: "He had returned, he was back. With his eye looks cloudy eyes of his beloved and sighed one last time. And Argos last rested in the arms of the king of Ithaca. " Implicit in this suspense tale seems to mimic seventh Song of Songs of Solomon, jarchas and even the paradoxical relationship between dogs and humans, bordering what we call the atajaperro - evident in the film Amores González Iñárritu dogs. Furthermore, Alejandro Oliveros tells us a Ulysses who wants to throw turbulent sea, thus avoiding a sedentary lifestyle faded Ithaca tinsel: "How would not, however, by / me back to the sea, ready / the slippery log and find / with the naked body of Calypso, or, at night Cumboto sandy, / watering of Circe in white breasts. " In both cases, regardless of the particularities of each person, we just share the kind and pleasant influence of Homer in our readings and scattered scribbles on paper or liquid crystal display.
volume was added to three more stories: "Mediterranean", "Genesis" and "The Hutch", which do not break this compulsive counting profession and move the reader and the judge (we suggest reading aloud). We are pleased to "The Hutch", a poetic and nostalgic approach not only children but also the art of fiction related to the enjoyment and the crossroads of talk that we still wonder. Cetaceans are matched to the blog of Jason and the Argonauts, in a perpetual tour of the Golden Fleece after
Valencia San Desiderio, 19 and February 21, 2011.
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