Esos Extraños Prófugos de Occidente / Those Strange Fugitives from the West [Spanish]

By William Ospina

En esta prodigiosa mirada de William Ospina, el escape de una sociedad hostil y el peso de la herencia son el impulso com n de esos extra os pr fugos de Occidente.

«Nada me alegrar a m s que poder compartir mi entusiasmo por ellos y, si tanto puede pedirse, acaso iniciar a alguien en la amistad de esos extra os pr fugos de Occidente . --William Ospina

Rimbaud abandon las letras a los diecinueve a os para dedicarse al contrabando en frica, en un desesperado intento por olvidar su mundo y su pasado. Whitman entendi que una de las maneras de alcanzar el ideal democr tico que su naci n promet a era desistir de la exaltaci n de dolos y dioses, herencia de la tradici n cl sica. Emily Dickinson crey renunciar al universo pero se qued con el lenguaje, que contiene todas las cosas. Lord Byron se convirti en el mayor h roe rom ntico de la historia al dejarlo todo para luchar por la libertad de los pueblos sojuzgados. Faulkner devel con su literatura las dos mayores barbaries de la Norteam rica de comienzos de siglo XX: la intolerancia y el racismo. Holderlin vio no solo el extrav o de Occidente en un humanismo arrogante, sino la abyecta tendencia al saqueo, la explotaci n y la destrucci n del planeta.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

In this remarkable perspective by William Ospina, the escape from a hostile society and the weight of one's heritage are the common driving forces behind these strange fugitives from the West.

"Nothing would make me happier than to share my enthusiasm for them and, if it is not asking too much, perhaps to introduce someone to the friendship of those strange fugitives from the West." --William Ospina

Rimbaud abandoned literature at the age of nineteen to devote himself to smuggling in Africa, in a desperate attempt to forget his world and his past. Whitman understood that one of the ways to achieve the democratic ideal his nation promised was to renounce the exaltation of idols and gods, a legacy of classical tradition. Emily Dickinson believed she was renouncing the universe but retained language, which contains all things. Lord Byron became the greatest romantic hero in history by leaving everything behind to fight for the freedom of oppressed peoples. Through his literature, Faulkner exposed the two greatest barbarities of early 20th-century America: intolerance and racism. H lderlin saw not only the West's straying into an arrogant humanism, but also the abject tendency toward plunder, exploitation, and destruction of the planet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 6287811579
• ISBN13: 9786287811577
• Release Date: December 2026
• Publisher: Literatura Random House
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.