tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post3412894408189649237..comments2024-01-02T15:37:04.858-05:00Comments on Caravana de recuerdos: Una excursión a los indios ranquelesRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-61258807116813792015-03-17T15:35:04.907-04:002015-03-17T15:35:04.907-04:00Hola Mario, y gracias por el piropo sobre la entra...Hola Mario, y gracias por el piropo sobre la entrada. Había olvidado por completo de esos "caciques cultos" y filosóficos de <em>Ema, la cautiva</em> de Aira, pero estoy totalmente de acuerdo con vos en cuanto al valor del libro de Mansilla. Desgraciadamente, estuve en Merlo San Luis hace muchos años sin darme cuenta de que yo estaba tan cerca del Río Cuarto de que habla Mansilla en su libro ranquelino. ¡Qué pena mi ignorancia! ¡Saludos!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-27878002909817887922015-03-16T08:56:58.770-04:002015-03-16T08:56:58.770-04:00Tremendo libro Richard . Será de ahí donde Aira sa...Tremendo libro Richard . Será de ahí donde Aira saca a sus caciques cultos que se manejan con la filosofía como pez en el agua. Te cuento que no leí el libro completo pero ahora me dieron ganas de comenzar para terminarlo. <br />Una reseña genial.mario skanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08220722326589539357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-80467570030345083402015-03-13T16:38:10.106-04:002015-03-13T16:38:10.106-04:00Yeah, that too. Ema, la cautiva for sure. Of cou...Yeah, that too. <em>Ema, la cautiva</em> for sure. Of course, I think about Aira's <em>An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter</em> whenever I read about lightning strikes on the pampas now, but I'm pretty sure he borrowed the specific inspiration for that book from a similar scene in <em>Facundo</em> instead. On that note, I need to read me some more Aira one of these days.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-6895529890428598252015-03-13T16:03:45.242-04:002015-03-13T16:03:45.242-04:00I also have some suspicions about the use of Mansi...I also have some suspicions about the use of Mansilla by Aira.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-77130761794292484902015-03-13T15:54:59.854-04:002015-03-13T15:54:59.854-04:00Tom, I'm sure you'd have a field day with ...Tom, I'm sure you'd have a field day with this book esp. since you've already read "The Slaughterhouse," <em>Facundo</em> and <em>Martín Fierro</em> among <em>A Visit to the Ranquel Indians</em>'s major 19th century Argentinean contemporaries. Unfortunately, the "Indian problem" got solved in Argentina much as it did in the U.S. and a mere ten years after Mansilla's ultimately unsuccessful attempt to work things out with the Ranqueles peacefully. As a footnote to all this, writing in 1982, critic David Viñas boldly opined that the indigenous peoples' disappearance from mainstream Argentinean history texts might have made them the late 19th century's version of the <em>desaparecidos</em>. In other words, a strange and compelling literary tradition indeed!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-40046901702377961962015-03-13T15:38:25.039-04:002015-03-13T15:38:25.039-04:00Brian, "flamboyant writing with lost of name ...Brian, "flamboyant writing with lost of name dropping" can be fun in and of itself or because it gives you a reason to hate the writer for being a pedant. In Mansilla's case, the former definitely applies! Really enjoyed the authenticity that came across whether the author was being "scholarly" or "soldierly," though. It was very refreshing.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-85189562202202465492015-03-13T12:21:20.721-04:002015-03-13T12:21:20.721-04:00Yeah, the more reference I see to this book, the m...Yeah, the more reference I see to this book, the more I think I had better read it. What a strange literature Argentina has.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-7551931803238508932015-03-13T06:25:13.305-04:002015-03-13T06:25:13.305-04:00This seems to be great stuff indeed!
There are lo...This seems to be great stuff indeed!<br /><br />There are lots of reasons that this sounds interesting to me.<br /><br />Though some folks would see it s a flaw, I personally like flamboyant writing with lots of name dropping.<br /><br />Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com