Terra del Fuoco

"...la brezza dell’amicizia non sarebbe più tornata a lambire i loro cuori." "Terra del fuoco" è il primo di nove racconti dello scrittore cileno Francisco Coloane (1910/2002). «Francisco Coloane è il Jack London dei nostri tempi » disse Alvàro Mutis. Ciò è vero nella misura in cui ci racconta di co Leggi tutto

four reasons i dig this book: 1. maggie swung her tail and knocked over a glass of merlot. like a sponge, the back half of tierra del fuego soaked it up and now the pages are deliciously crinkled and warped and stained red. as w/all of us, i'm wildly romantic about books -- coffee rings, wine stains, Leggi tutto

9 μικρές ιστορίες με κοινό στοιχείο την Γη του Πυρός και την Παταγονία. Η ανθρώπινη συμπεριφορά και οι ανθρώπινες σχέσεις μέσα σ'ενα περιβάλλον που σε καθηλώνει, σ'επηρεάζει και σε αλλάζει. Η γραφή του Coloane άμεση, περιγραφική, λιτή και καθαρή. Μου θύμισε τις φωτογραφίες του Sebastiao Salgado. (δε Leggi tutto

“… Yeterince derine inerseniz her meselenin kökünde boş bir mideyle karşılaşırsınız.”

Chile is a discontinuous country: One can drive all the way from the border of Peru near Arica, but one's southward progress is halted by the Andes marching all the way to the shore. Beyond Villa O'Higgins, there are no roads. All travel must be by plane or boat. South of the Torres del Paine, you e Leggi tutto

I libri come questo , per me che ho scoperto il piacere della lettura tra le pagine di Verne e di London, sono un po’ come tornare in un posto che hai amato: tornare a casa. Come partire per un lungo viaggio, scoprire posti nuovi, cercarli sulle mappe , tra le fotografie in rete, innamorarsene e las Leggi tutto

I spent five years of my working life in Chile, albeit Santiago, but took every possible chance to get to Patagonia and the wild south, sometimes even weekends. I had therefore been looking forward to this, and it certainly was every bit as good as I hoped. The first story in the book, the title sto Leggi tutto

This left a palpable yet ghostly impression in my mind. These are stories of extreme geography: ice, mountains, desert. Alvaro Mutis calls Coloane the South American Jack London; I think this may be understating the case. The story 'How the Chilote Otey Died' is an all-time classic, a picture of tru Leggi tutto