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«Por medio de cualquier explicación sobre la trama y los personajes resulta imposible transmitir la brillantez hipnótica de El viaje de Mina. Es absolutamente... bueno, Ondaatjesco.».-The Guardian

A principios de los años cincuenta, Michael, un chico de once años a quien sus amigos apodan Mina, se embarca en un transatlántico que se dirige desde Colombo hacia Inglaterra.

En el comedor lo sientan en la modesta «mesa del gato», la más alejada de la mesa del capitán, con un excéntrico grupo de pasajeros y otros dos jóvenes, Cassius y Ramadhin.

De noche asisten, fascinados, a los paseos por cubierta de un preso encadenado cuyo delito los obsesionará para siempre, mientras que la hermosa y enigmática Emily se convierte en la causa del despertar del deseo sexual.

La narración se desplaza a los años de vida adulta de los protagonistas y pone de relieve la diferencia entre la magia de la niñez y la melancolía del conocimiento adquirido.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the cat's table--as far from the Captain's Table as can be--with a ragtag group of insignificant adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin.

As the ship crosses the Indian Ocean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all over the place like freed mercury. But there are other diversions as well: they are first exposed to the magical worlds of jazz, women, and literature by their eccentric fellow travelers, and together they spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever. By turns poignant and electrifying,
The Cat's Table is a spellbinding story about the magical, often forbidden,
discoveries of childhood, and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly
with a spectacular sea voyage.
About the Author: Michale Ondaatje (Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1943), novelista, poeta, profesor universitario y editor canadiense de origen cingalés, ha cultivado diversos géneros literarios con un estilo siempre innovador. Fascinado por el Oeste americano escribió Las obras completas de Billy el Niño (1970), una original combinación de poesía, prosa e imágenes. Entre su obra narrativa destacan novelas como En una piel de león (1987), El fantasma de Anil (2000, Premio Médicis, Irish Times International Fiction Prize y Premio Giller), Divisadero (2008) y El viaje de Mina (2011). Sin embargo, la obra que le otorgó reconocimiento internacional fue El paciente inglés (1992, Premio Booker), adaptada al cine por Anthony Minghella en 1996. Su aclamada obra poética, con títulos como Los monstruos cotidianos (1967) o El hombre con siete dedos en los pies (1969), se caracteriza por la profusión de sorprendentes imágenes y metáforas. También ha escrito sus memorias, recogidas en el libro Cosas de familia (1998).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9788466337694
  • Publisher: Debolsillo
  • Publisher Imprint: Debolsillo
  • Height: 191 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Series Title: Spanish
  • Weight: 272 gr
  • ISBN-10: 8466337695
  • Publisher Date: 28 Mar 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: Spanish
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Width: 124 mm


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