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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
⭐️⭐️Pregunte por qué era tan importante leer este libro. Me dijeron que porque era importante conocer cómo era la vida de los gauchos.
Casi me sacan de la clase cuando pregunté si era necesario, hacerlo tan aburrido
Update NO SE MERECE NINGUNA ESTRELLA PORQUE ME TERMINARON DESAPROBANDO
Casi me sacan de la clase cuando pregunté si era necesario, hacerlo tan aburrido
Update NO SE MERECE NINGUNA ESTRELLA PORQUE ME TERMINARON DESAPROBANDO
Un libro muy divertido de leer. Especialmente para los Argentinos o los que quieren conocer la esencia argentina
adventurous
challenging
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
que hermoso fue leer toda la 2da parte en un día como hoy, y recordar siempre que la patria está, que está en el otro y que hay gente que la quiere seguir defendiendo. hasta jose hernandez en 1879 decía:
«Y he de decir ansí mismo
porque de dentro me brota
que no tiene patriotismo
quien no cuida al compatriota».
«Y he de decir ansí mismo
porque de dentro me brota
que no tiene patriotismo
quien no cuida al compatriota».
All the brutality and phlegmatic philosophy of a Sergio Leone western, but in epic poem form.
Martin Fierro put me in mind of a less sentimental (and much more murderous) Don Quixote, wandering the Argentine pampas with his 'facon' in hand. Confronted by the corruption and injustice of 'modern' society, he romanticises the gaucho lifestyle and its freedom from governmental oversight. His diatribes are full of anarchic sentiment, as well as outrage at the shady politicking and confounding bureaucracy of the government machine.
Borges said that he admired the poem Martin Fierro, but not the character Martin Fierro, and I think that pretty much sums it up. Martin Fierro is a brilliant creation, but hardly a hero: he's racist, god-fearing, loving, brutal, thoughtful, quick-witted, drunken, hypocritical, bitter and hopeful. He is often vicious and callous, in a similar outlaw model to Bonnie and Clyde: sociopathic murderers who were mythologised because they spat in the face of an unjust society.
I listened to a few passages of Martin Fierro in a Spanish recording (complete with guitar, in emulation of payador style) and the lilt of the lyrics was so seductive, but also gruff and hard. It seemed to me to fit perfectly with the author's use of language, mixing crude curses with poetic (but plain-speaking) musings and gaucho idiom.
Martin Fierro put me in mind of a less sentimental (and much more murderous) Don Quixote, wandering the Argentine pampas with his 'facon' in hand. Confronted by the corruption and injustice of 'modern' society, he romanticises the gaucho lifestyle and its freedom from governmental oversight. His diatribes are full of anarchic sentiment, as well as outrage at the shady politicking and confounding bureaucracy of the government machine.
Borges said that he admired the poem Martin Fierro, but not the character Martin Fierro, and I think that pretty much sums it up. Martin Fierro is a brilliant creation, but hardly a hero: he's racist, god-fearing, loving, brutal, thoughtful, quick-witted, drunken, hypocritical, bitter and hopeful. He is often vicious and callous, in a similar outlaw model to Bonnie and Clyde: sociopathic murderers who were mythologised because they spat in the face of an unjust society.
I listened to a few passages of Martin Fierro in a Spanish recording (complete with guitar, in emulation of payador style) and the lilt of the lyrics was so seductive, but also gruff and hard. It seemed to me to fit perfectly with the author's use of language, mixing crude curses with poetic (but plain-speaking) musings and gaucho idiom.
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Segunda vez que lo leo: la primera para el colegio y la segunda para la facultad. Para el que lo leyó una vez y no le gustó, vuelvan a leerlo!!! Increíble, hermoso y emocionante; te amo Martin Fierro, mi libro nacional.