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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781590174982
- Book Title
- Tyrant Banderas
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 8.1 in
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Classics, General, Literary, Political
- Item Weight
- 8.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1590174984
ISBN-13
9781590174982
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109350460
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tyrant Banderas
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Classics, General, Literary, Political
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
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2012-001138
Reviews
"Ramón del Valle-Inclán, the most pioneering Spanish dramatist of this century . . . anticipates most of the key movements in modern drama. He is notoriously unclassifiable but was both and Expressionist and an Absurdist before the event. He created a genre he called 'esperpento' which broadly means grotesque tragic-comedy, and what is fascinating is that he anticipates Beckett, Ionesco, Genet and Arrabal without in any way sacrificing his own radical utopianism. He is one of the seminal figures in modern drama: erotic, anarchic and Galician poet of the grotesque." -Michael Billington, Guardian "Because dictators have been a staple of Latin history, they're a staple of the Latin novel. Spaniard Ramon del Valle-Inclan broke ground in 1926 with Tirano Banderas ." - The Miami Herald "The radical innovation in the theater that came after World War I is known here mainly through the plays of Brecht. In Spain, the prophet of this new movement was Ramón del Valle-Inclán. . . . Written in 1920, 'Divinas Palabras' actually precedes Brecht's agitprop dramas." - The New York Times "It is a dark, violent, gorey work whose unbridled lyricism cannot mask its many horrors. . . . Tirano Banderas , which Valle Inclan wrote in his 20s, is Cubist in that its writing is highly fragmented, while its range of deep, intense colours is reminiscent of Goya. But its main characteristic is esperpento, a genre created by Ville-Inclan himself. Esperpento is a mixture of terror and comedy, in which a character from tragedy is reduced to the dimensions of a fairground huckster. Tirano Banderas is a farce written with a poisoned pen." - Manchester Guardian Weekly " Tirano Banderas was the first novel to describe a South American dictator. It was written before other authors, such as Asturias and Garcia Marquez. . . . All the horrible things describe in the novel are still a very real threat in present day Latin America." -Lautaro Murua, Argentinian actor, "Valle-Inclán had the sensitivity to capture the essential quality of life in my unhappy, comic, and beautiful country, and his Tyrant Banderas remains one of the most moving books about Mexico."--Diego Rivera "An erotic, anarchic and Galician poet of the grotesque."--Michael Billington, Guardian "Because dictators have been a staple of Latin history, they're a staple of the Latin novel. Spaniard Ramon del Valle-Inclán broke ground in 1926 with Tirano Banderas ."-- The Miami Herald "The radical innovation in the theater that came after World War I is known here mainly through the plays of Brecht. In Spain, the prophet of this new movement was Ramón del Valle-Inclán. . . Written in 1920, Divinas Palabras actually precedes Brecht's agitprop dramas." -- The New York Times "It is a dark, violent, gorey work whose unbridled lyricism cannot mask its many horrors. . . . Tirano Banderas , which Valle-Inclán wrote in his 20s, is Cubist in that its writing is highly fragmented, while its range of deep, intense colours is reminiscent of Goya. But its main characteristic is esperpento , a genre created by Ville-Inclán himself. Esperpento is a mixture of terror and comedy, in which a character from tragedy is reduced to the dimensions of a fairground huckster. Tirano Banderas is a farce written with a poisoned pen." -- Manchester Guardian Weekly " Tirano Banderas was the first novel to describe a South American dictator. It was written before other authors, such as Asturias and Garcia Marquez. . . . All the horrible things describe in the novel are still a very real threat in present day Latin America." --Lautaro Murua, Argentinian actor, 'Tyrant Banderas was first published in 1926 and remains a masterpiece - now given a new lease of life by Peter Bush's excellent translation.', "Valle-Inclán had the sensitivity to capture the essential quality of life in my unhappy, comic, and beautiful country, and his Tyrant Banderas remains one of the most moving books about Mexico." -Diego Rivera "An erotic, anarchic and Galician poet of the grotesque."-Michael Billington, Guardian "Because dictators have been a staple of Latin history, they're a staple of the Latin novel. Spaniard Ramon del Valle-Inclán broke ground in 1926 with Tirano Banderas ."- The Miami Herald "The radical innovation in the theater that came after World War I is known here mainly through the plays of Brecht. In Spain, the prophet of this new movement was Ramón del Valle-Inclán. . . Written in 1920, Divinas Palabras actually precedes Brecht's agitprop dramas." - The New York Times "It is a dark, violent, gorey work whose unbridled lyricism cannot mask its many horrors. . . . Tirano Banderas , which Valle-Inclán wrote in his 20s, is Cubist in that its writing is highly fragmented, while its range of deep, intense colours is reminiscent of Goya. But its main characteristic is esperpento , a genre created by Ville-Inclán himself. Esperpento is a mixture of terror and comedy, in which a character from tragedy is reduced to the dimensions of a fairground huckster. Tirano Banderas is a farce written with a poisoned pen." - Manchester Guardian Weekly " Tirano Banderas was the first novel to describe a South American dictator. It was written before other authors, such as Asturias and Garcia Marquez. . . . All the horrible things describe in the novel are still a very real threat in present day Latin America." -Lautaro Murua, Argentinian actor, “Ram n del Valle-Incl n, the most pioneering Spanish dramatist of this century . . . anticipates most of the key movements in modern drama. He is notoriously unclassifiable but was both and Expressionist and an Absurdist before the event. He created a genre he called ‘esperpento’ which broadly means grotesque tragic-comedy, and what is fascinating is that he anticipates Beckett, Ionesco, Genet and Arrabal without in any way sacrificing his own radical utopianism. He is one of the seminal figures in modern drama: erotic, anarchic and Galician poet of the grotesque.â€� -Michael Billington, Guardian “Because dictators have been a staple of Latin history, they’re a staple of the Latin novel. Spaniard Ramon del Valle-Inclan broke ground in 1926 with Tirano Banderas .â€� - The Miami Herald “The radical innovation in the theater that came after World War I is known here mainly through the plays of Brecht. In Spain, the prophet of this new movement was Ram n del Valle-Incl n. . . . Written in 1920, ‘Divinas Palabras’ actually precedes Brecht’s agitprop dramas.â€� - The New York Times “It is a dark, violent, gorey work whose unbridled lyricism cannot mask its many horrors. . . . Tirano Banderas , which Valle Inclan wrote in his 20s, is Cubist in that its writing is highly fragmented, while its range of deep, intense colours is reminiscent of Goya. But its main characteristic is esperpento, a genre created by Ville-Inclan himself. Esperpento is a mixture of terror and comedy, in which a character from tragedy is reduced to the dimensions of a fairground huckster. Tirano Banderas is a farce written with a poisoned pen.â€� - Manchester Guardian Weekly “ Tirano Banderas was the first novel to describe a South American dictator. It was written before other authors, such as Asturias and Garcia Marquez. . . . All the horrible things describe in the novel are still a very real threat in present day Latin America.â€� -Lautaro Murua, Argentinian actor
Synopsis
An NYRB Classics Original The first great twentieth-century novel of dictatorship, and the avowed inspiration for Garc a M rquez's The Autumn of the Patriarch and Roa Bastos's I, the Supreme , Tyrant Banderas is a dark and dazzling portrayal of a mythical Latin American republic in the grip of a monster. Ram n del Valle-Incl n, one of the masters of Spanish modernism, combines the splintered points of view of a cubist painting with the campy excesses of 19th-century serial fiction to paint an astonishing picture of a ruthless tyrant facing armed revolt. It is the Day of the Dead, and revolution has broken out, creating mayhem from Baby Roach's Cathouse to the Harris Circus to the deep jungle of Tico Maip . Tyrant Banderas steps forth, assuring all that he is in favor of freedom of assembly and democratic opposition. Meanwhile, his secret police lock up, torture, and execute students and Indian peasants in a sinister castle by the sea where even the sharks have tired of a diet of revolutionary flesh. Then the opposition strikes back. They besiege the dictator's citadel, hoping to bring justice to a downtrodden, starving populace. Peter Bush's new translation of Valle-Incl n's seminal novel, the first into English since 1929, reveals a writer whose tragic sense of humor is as memorably grotesque and disturbing as Goya's in his The Disasters of War ., The first great twentieth-century novel of dictatorship, and theavowed inspiration for Garcia Marquez's The Autumn of thePatriarch and Roa Bastos's I, the Supreme, Tyrant Banderasis a dark and dazzling portrayal of a mythical Latin AmericanRepublic in the grip of a monster. Valle-Inclan, one of themasters of Spanish modernism, combines the splintered pointsof view of a cubist painting with the campy excesses of 19thcenturyserial fiction to paint an astonishing picture of a ruthlesstyrant facing armed revolt.It is the Day of the Dead, and revolution has broken out, creatingmayhem from Baby Roach's Cathouse to the Harris Circusto the deep jungle of Tico Maipo. The tyrant steps forth,assuring all that he is in favor of freedom of assembly anddemocratic opposition. Meanwhile, his secret police lock up,torture, and execute students and Indian peasants in a sinistercastle by the sea where even the sharks have tired of a diet ofrevolutionary flesh. Then the opposition strikes back. Theybesiege the dictator's citadel, hoping to bring justice to a downtrodden,starving populace.Peter Bush's new translation of Valle-Inclan's seminal novel,the first into English since 1929, reveals a writer whose tragicsense of humor is as memorably grotesque and disturbing asGoya's in his The Disasters of War., Tyrant Banderas is a dark and dazzling portrayal of a mythical Latin AmericanRepublic in the grip of a monster., An NYRB Classics Original The first great twentieth-century novel of dictatorship, and the avowed inspiration for Garc a M rquez's The Autumn of the Patriarch and Roa Bastos's I, the Supreme , Tyrant Banderas is a dark and dazzling portrayal of a mythical Latin American republic in the grip of a monster. Ram n del Valle-Incl n, one of the masters of Spanish modernism, combines the splintered points of view of a cubist painting with the campy excesses of 19th-century serial fiction to paint an astonishing picture of a ruthless tyrant facing armed revolt. It is the Day of the Dead, and revolution has broken out, creating mayhem from Baby Roach's Cathouse to the Harris Circus to the deep jungle of Tico Maip . Tyrant Banderas steps forth, assuring all that he is in favor of freedom of assembly and democratic opposition. Mean-while, his secret police lock up, torture, and execute students and Indian peasants in a sinister castle by the sea where even the sharks have tired of a diet of revolutionary flesh. Then the opposition strikes back. They besiege the dictator's citadel, hoping to bring justice to a downtrodden, starving populace. Peter Bush's new translation of Valle-Incl n's seminal novel, the first into English since 1929, reveals a writer whose tragic sense of humor is as memorably grotesque and disturbing as Goya's in his The Disasters of War .
LC Classification Number
PQ6641.A47T513 2012
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