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La Mirada Quieta (de Pérez Galdós) / The Quiet Gaze (of Pérez Galdós)

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La Mirada Quieta (de Pérez Galdós) / The Quiet Gaze (of Pérez Galdós)Fue un gran escritor? Lo fue. En el siglo XIX y comienzos del XX, no hay ninguno de sus compatriotas que tenga semejante dedicacin, inventiva, empeo y la soltura literaria de Prez Galds. Prez Galds es un autor esencial en la literatura espaola contempornea. En este ensayo, a partir del anlisis de sus novelas, de sus obras teatrales y de los Episodios nacionales, Mario Vargas Llosa crea un perfil completo, personal y sugerente del escritor espaol.

«¿Fue un gran escritor? Lo fue. En el siglo XIX y comienzos del XX, no hay ninguno de sus compatriotas que tenga semejante dedicación, inventiva, empeño y la soltura literaria de Pérez Galdós».

Pérez Galdós es un autor esencial en la literatura española contemporánea. En este ensayo, a partir del análisis de sus novelas, de sus obras teatrales y de los Episodios nacionales, Mario Vargas Llosa crea un perfil completo, personal y sugerente del escritor español. Nadie como el Nobel peruano es capaz de leer de manera tan sagaz y con tanta libertad y pasión la obra de un creador.

Como el propio autor afirma en la introducción a La mirada quieta, «Galdós hizo lo que Balzac, Zola y Dickens hicieron en sus respectivas naciones: contar la historia y la realidad social de su país. Con sus Episodios estuvo en la línea de aquéllos, convirtiendo en materia literaria el pasado vivido, poniendo al alcance del gran público una versión quieta pero amena, bien escrita, con personajes vivos y documentación solvente, de un siglo decisivo en la historia española».

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"Was he a great writer? Yes, he was. In the nineteenth century and early twentieth, there is none of his fellow countrymen who had such dedication, ingenuity, commitment, and literary fluency as Pérez Galdós."

Pérez Galdós is an essential author in contemporary Spanish literature. In this essay, written after analyzing his novels, plays, and National Episodes, Mario Vargas Llosa creates a comprehensive, personal, and evocative profile of the Spanish writer. No one but the Peruvian Nobel Prize winner is capable of reading a creator's work so astutely, so freely, and so passionately.

As the author states in the introduction to The Quiet Gaze, "Galdós did as Balzac, Zola, and Dickens did in their respective nations, tell the history and social reality of his country. With his Episodes, he was the same as them, turning that vivid past into literary matter, making available to the public a quiet, yet pleasant and well written version, with lively characters and reliable documentation, of a decisive century in Spanish history."
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