Sinopsis
Part love story and part psychological thriller, Abyssinia recounts the end of an artist’s life.
On February 3, 1882, the renowned Argentine painter Xavier Durand falls gravely ill. His adoring entourage scatters and he is left in the care of his gallerist, his servant, his aunt, and her servant, Irene Sáenz. In pain and wheelchair bound, Xavier grows reliant on Irene, whom he begins to call his cousin. As a strange courtship unfolds between them, the tyrannical painter becomes a remorseful convalescent and the timid lady’s maid becomes an enigma, equally capable of affection and cruelty.
Kociancich’s Abyssinia is a parable about the divided self and the limits of representation. Two images represent the rift in Xavier’s identity: His last painting—also titled Abyssinia, referencing Rimbaud’s flight to Ethiopia after renouncing poetry—holds the promise of authorial immortality. The second image is a photograph of him and Irene that holds the promise of the life that could have been.
On February 3, 1882, the renowned Argentine painter Xavier Durand falls gravely ill. His adoring entourage scatters and he is left in the care of his gallerist, his servant, his aunt, and her servant, Irene Sáenz. In pain and wheelchair bound, Xavier grows reliant on Irene, whom he begins to call his cousin. As a strange courtship unfolds between them, the tyrannical painter becomes a remorseful convalescent and the timid lady’s maid becomes an enigma, equally capable of affection and cruelty.
Kociancich’s Abyssinia is a parable about the divided self and the limits of representation. Two images represent the rift in Xavier’s identity: His last painting—also titled Abyssinia, referencing Rimbaud’s flight to Ethiopia after renouncing poetry—holds the promise of authorial immortality. The second image is a photograph of him and Irene that holds the promise of the life that could have been.
Mario Vaquerizo
El cardadismo ilustrado
Filosofía para sobrevivir a las caídas sin despeinarte
La vida casi nunca avisa. Un día te para en seco y una simple caída te recuerda lo vulnerables que somos.
En su libro más íntimo y personal, Mario Vaquerizo, uno de los personajes más polifacéticos, queridos y también criticados de nuestro país.
Léelo en cualquier dispositivo
Ficha Técnica
Editorial: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 9781644216316
Idioma: Inglés
Fecha de lanzamiento: 10/08/2027
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