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Actos de presencia: Disertaciones (1989-2021) / Acts of Presence: Lectures (1989-2021) [9788439744511]

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Overview

Once piezas en las que el gran escritor argentino reflexiona sobre el mundo, su escritura y quienes mejor han sabido representarlo.

«El escritor y el lector, se diría, acaban por fundirse enel ensayista, con la inteligencia chispeante y la elegancia espontánea que solapan el esfuerzo en las mejores piezas delgénero, y laten de tanto en tanto en las digresiones antojadizas de sus ficciones». —Gabriela Speranza, Otra Parte

Inspirado por la metodología de la «atención total» de Krishnamurti -a quien la realidad dejaba en éxtasis cada tarde-, César Aira exhorta a la superación de la ceguera del urbanita que sin tiempo para nada es incapaz de demorarse para observar la maravilla del mundo.

Autor fundamental, en estas once ponencias y charlas desvela los delicados mecanismos del artificio literario, incita a imaginar una Buenos Aires vaciada de todo excepto de sus árboles o a repasar una poética del trazo entre las notas de Duchamp para El gran vidrio, el proyecto calígrafo-maníaco de Levrero o la letra ínfima que para Benjamin implicaba un pensamiento refinado…

La inteligencia desfachatada y excepcional de Aira vuelve estos ensayos puro goce y puro juego. Un sacudón a cualquier hábito que amenace con adormecer la sensibilidad o impida la sorpresa.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Eleven pieces in which the great Argentinian writer reflects on the world, his narrative, and those who have known how to portray him better.

“The writer and the reader, one could say, end up fused in the essayist, with the sparkling wit and the spontaneous elegance that overlap the effort in the best pieces of the genre, and pulse every so often through the whimsical digressions of his fictions.” —Gabriela Speranza, Otra Parte

Inspired by the methodology of “absolute attention” by Krishnamurti—whom reality left ecstatic every afternoon—César Aira appeals to overcoming the urbanite’s blindness who, having no time for anything, is incapable of being late to observe the wonders of the world.

Essential author, in these eleven lectures and talks, Aira reveals the delicate mechanisms of the literary artifice, incites us to imagine Buenos Aires emptied of everything except trees, or to revisit a poetic of lines among Duchamps’ notes for “The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors,” the maniac-calligraphic project by Levrero, or the unintelligible handwriting that Benjamin believed implied a refined thought...

Aira’s brazen and exceptional intelligence turns these essays into pure joy and pure play. A shock to any habit that threatens to numb sensibilities or prevent surprises.

The book, Actos de presencia: Disertaciones (1989-2021) / Acts of Presence: Lectures (1989-2021) [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9788439744511 in Paperback by César Aira may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.

Details

Author:
César Aira
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
09/23/2025
ISBN-10:
843974451X
ISBN-13:
9788439744511
Pages:
192
Publisher:
PRH Grupo Editorial

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