Most of the texts of The Secret of Fame are already known by faithful or occasional readers, but when united they constitute a very scary group to be faced like this, unexpectedly, because when isolated they can provoke a smile, amuse us, make us think and remember; but the pages of this book and the 18 texts, of different extension, don't provide us with an escape route. Gabriel Zaid's prose is as good as his poetry; perfectly balanced. Gabriel Zaid's book, "The Secret of Fame," talks about those topics that gravitate ...
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Most of the texts of The Secret of Fame are already known by faithful or occasional readers, but when united they constitute a very scary group to be faced like this, unexpectedly, because when isolated they can provoke a smile, amuse us, make us think and remember; but the pages of this book and the 18 texts, of different extension, don't provide us with an escape route. Gabriel Zaid's prose is as good as his poetry; perfectly balanced. Gabriel Zaid's book, "The Secret of Fame," talks about those topics that gravitate around the experience of reading: the universe of quotes and the hysterical competition among the quotables, the idea of complete works, the mediocre ones, the creators, the readers that don't read or the authors that don't write. They are planets or relatives not very far away from what happens in the continent of reading, of the dialogue between the book and the reader. La mayora de los textos de el secreto de la fama ya es conocida por sus lectores fieles u ocasionales, pero al juntarlos forman un grupo que da miedo enfrentarlo as, inesperadamente, porque aislados pueden provocar una sonrisa, divertirnos, hacernos pensar y recordar; pero las pginas de este libro y los 18 textos, de diferente extensin, no dejan escapatoria. La prosa de Gabriel Zaid es tan buena como su poesa; con un perfecto equilibrio. El libro de Gabriel Zaid, "El secreto de la fama," habla sobre esos temas que giran alrededor de la experiencia de la lectura: el universo de las citas y la histrica competencia de los citables, la idea de obras completas, los mediocres, los creadores, los lectores que no leen o los autores que no escriben. Son planetas o familiares no muy alejados de lo que ocurre en el continente de la lectura, de ese dilogo entre el libro y el lector.
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