Martín Adán (1908–1985)
Auteur de The Cardboard House
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Martín Adán
Obras en prosa 3 exemplaires
Obra Poetica 1 exemplaire
Cardboard House 1 exemplaire
La Casa De Carton 1 exemplaire
De lo barroco en el Perú 1 exemplaire
Travesía de extramares; sonetos a Chopin 1 exemplaire
Entre esquelas 1 exemplaire
Martín Adan: Obra poética 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Adán, Martín
- Nom légal
- Benavides, Rafael de la Fuente
- Date de naissance
- 1908
- Date de décès
- 1985
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Peru
- Lieu de naissance
- Lima, Peru
- Professions
- Poet
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 16
- Membres
- 120
- Popularité
- #165,356
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 16
- Langues
- 1
The Cardboard House is a tenuously-linked series of vignettes where the author recalls his life in Peru as a child. There is virtually no narrative structure to this novel, and the characters are very lightly drawn. Adan is far more interested in draping his characters in gorgeous and flowery descriptions than he is in giving them any real depth or having them do anything of note.
The overall effect is of a shower of florid prose which is at times simply ridiculous, affected, prolix and in love with its own cleverness. It was tedious and I couldn't wait to finish it.
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