Cape Cod (Spanish Edition)

Publicado en 1865, "Cape Cod" representa al mejor Thoreau. El hombre que pretende visitar los lugares donde los demás aseguran que no hay nada que ver. Apartados del mundo civilizado. Deseando sentir nostalgia hasta por lo que no ha vivido. De ahí que el libro comience con un naufragio, del que se describen los restos que llegan a la orilla, sin inmiscuirse en lo obsceno.



Y sí, naufragio... Esa es la palabra. Con naufragio se resume todo lo que "Cape Cod" significa: su aroma, los deseos frustrados, la lentitud de cada paso, el viento y la desdicha del viento, la leyenda si es que cabe calificar como leyenda las pequeñas historias, los hechos que se dice que sucedieron en la región abandonada de Cape Cod. Abandonada por lo civilizado. Así es este libro en el que Henry David Thoreau sigue siendo el mismo Thoreau de siempre. El de los minusculos sucesos en que se concentra la esencia del universo. Porque todo existe para volver a ser la huella que uno está dejando en el camino. Esa es la forma de viajar de Thoreau: el viaje a pie, el caminar, la excursión pateando. Y nadie se imagina una excursión a pie por un lugar civilizado. Caminar es caminar al aire libre. Y a partir de varios de esos paseos, dándoles continuidad, como si se tratase de un unico acto, Thoreau se aproxima a la región de Cape Cod. A un trozo de mapa en la costa. Pero no es la orilla lo que más le interesa, ni tampoco el mar. Aunque no reniega de ellos y sabe que son parte imprescindible de la vida natural de la zona, y en cuanto puede se aleja un poco para observar lo que forma parte de los otros, él se concentra en la costa. Es decir, más hacia el interior. En donde puede dar rienda suelta a ese naturalista que es, en una época en la que todavía no había nacido la biología y ser naturalista era cometer multiples errores de interpretación. Pero observar mucho. Read more Continue reading Read less REVIEW
""[I]llustrates the qualities that define [Thoreaus] greatest works: his clarity and ease of style, and his concreteness as a naturalist and observer of nature and society. Patrick Cullen's unforced and straightforward deliveryconveys both Thoreau's strengths as a reporter and the secret of handling this author successfully in the audio format."" --AudioFile --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. FROM AUDIOFILE
This relatively minor work by Thoreau illustrates the qualities that define his greatest works: his clarity and ease of style, and his concreteness as a naturalist and observer of nature and society. Compiled from magazine articles published in the 1850s after his death, these chapters detail several short trips Thoreau made to "the bare and bended arm of Massachusetts" between 1849 and 1855. Patrick Cullen's unforced and straightforward delivery treats the text as journalism and travelogue, rather than lyrical prose, and thus conveys both Thoreau's strengths as a reporter and the secret of handling this author successfully in the audio format. In addition to its literary merit, this book is also an effective evocation of Cape Cod a century and a half ago, when the old ways were being both lost and preserved against the encroachments of civilization, technology, and inexorable modernity. D.A.W. AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Essayist, poet, and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) ranks among America's foremost nature writers. The Concord, Massachusetts native spent most of his life observing the natural world of New England, and his thoughts on leading a simple, independent life are captured in his best-known work, Walden. --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. REVIEW
Cape Cod is Thoreau's sunniest, happiest book. It bubbles over with jokes, puns, tall tales, and genial good humor. . . . Unquestionably the best book that has ever been written about Cape Cod, and it is the model to which all new books about the Cape are still compared. (Walter Harding The Days of Henry Thoreau ) --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. REVIEW
"Cape Cod is Thoreau's sunniest, happiest book. It bubbles over with jokes, puns, tall tales, and genial good humor. . . . Unquestionably the best book that has ever been written about Cape Cod, and it is the model to which all new books about the Cape are still compared."--Walter Harding, The Days of Henry Thoreau --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. Read more Continue reading Read less