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464 pages, Hardcover
First published September 18, 2019
Like Charlie Chaplin, Aristophanes embodies rebellious, dissident laughter. In fact, I have always thought this pair鈥檚 humor has the feel of a family, one where Chaplin would be the genial cousin and Aristophanes the sarcastic grandpa.It doesn't read as if an editor got within sniffing distance of it. 2 stars. I reserve one for despicable, hateful books and this wasn't that at all. Just boring and wasn't what it said on the tin.
Both were interested in ordinary, vulnerable people; their heroes are never among the elite. In the guise of the Tramp, Chaplin appears as a vagrant, as an escaped prisoner, as an immigrant, as an alcoholic, as a worker down on his luck, or as a famished miner in search of gold.
The protagonists of Aristophanes鈥檚 comedies are people鈥攎en and women鈥攚ithout the assets of nobility; they are tricksters, tax-dodgers crippled by debt, people weary of war, seeking sex and merriment, foul-mouthed and perhaps not starving, but always dreaming of stuffing their faces with lentils, meat, and pies.
The Tramp identifies with orphans and single mothers, falls in love with beggar women, and, when he sees the chance, delivers a kick in the rear to an unsuspecting policeman. He has the audacity to ridicule the filthy rich, business tycoons, immigration officials, haughty World War I soldiers, and even Hitler himself.
Aristophanes鈥檚 creations, of a similar stripe, attempt to end a war by means of a sex strike, occupy the Athenian Assembly to decree the institution of communal property, make fun of Socrates, or propose to cure the god of wealth鈥檚 shortsightedness so he can do a better job of distributing assets. After a series of unruly adventures and intrigues, all of these works end in a festive, teeming, Pantagruelian banquet.
Both Aristophanes and Chaplin ran into problems with the law.
La invenci贸n de los libros ha sido tal vez el mayor triunfo en nuestra tenaz lucha contra la destrucci贸n. A los juncos, a la piel, a los harapos, a los 谩rboles y a la luz hemos confiado la sabidur铆a que no est谩bamos dispuestos a perder. Con su ayuda, la humanidad ha vivido una fabulosa aceleraci贸n de la historia, el desarrollo y el progreso. [...] Como afirma Stefan Zweig en el memorable final de Mendel, el de los libros: 芦Los libros se escriben para unir, por encima del propio aliento, a los seres humanos, y as铆 defendernos frente al inexorable reverso de toda existencia: la fugacidad y el olvido禄.
El caos de las librer铆as se parece mucho al caos de los recuerdos. Sus pasillos, sus anaqueles, sus umbrales son espacios habitados por la memoria colectiva y por las memorias individuales. All铆 tropezamos con. biograf铆as, con testimonios y con largos estantes de ficciones donde los escritores desnudan la verdad de muchas vidas. Los lomos gruesos de los libros de historia, como camellos de una lenta caravana, nos ofrecen guiarnos en la ruta hacia el pasado. Investigaciones, sue帽os, mitos y cr贸nicas dormitan juntos en la misma penumbra. El azar de un encuentro o de un rescate es siempre posible.
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