El cartero de Neruda

Escrito por Antonio Skármeta

Narrado por Fernando Solís

Mario Jiménez, joven pescador, decide abandonar su oficio para convertirse en cartero de isla Negra, donde la única persona que recibe y envía correspondencia es el poeta Pablo Neruda. A través de esta trama tan original como seductora, el autor logra un intenso retrato de la convulsa década de los setenta en Chile, así como una cautivadora historia de amor y una poética recreación de la vida de Pablo Neruda. Esta novela, traducida a veinticinco idiomas, es ya un clásico de las letras universales, y la película basada en ella fue nominada a cinco Oscar.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Audio
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 26 oct 2015
• ISBN: 9789563252279

Comentarios para El cartero de Neruda

[fpdc_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

This famous book by Skármeta came to life as the result of the success of the movie Ardiente Paciencia, directed by Skármeta himself in 1983, after his homonym play got an entusiastic reception in Europe and the US. Another film adaptation (The Postman), by Michael Radford, won an Oscar and became a sort of cult movie. To capitalize on its sucess, the novel started to be published with its current name (sometimes with its original title in parentesis.) It is a lovely novel, about the friendship between a young postman and the poet Pablo Neruda, mixing in a beautiful way tales of friendship, love, politics, literature, and the everyday life of a small fishing community. All interwoven with an exquisite sense of humor. Definitely worth reading.

[stubbyfingers_1 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

When I read a novel, I want to be rock thrown *kerplunk* into the story, totally immersed. Reading this book I felt like a stone the author was skimming across the surface of the story. The metaphors were fun, but overall I was bored because I felt like I wasn't being allowed in.

[edwin6gleaves · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

A charming little book, with its dark political side. But mainly it's about poetry and the magic of language, as experienced by Pablo Neruda's postman. Made into a great Italian movie.

[soylentgreen23 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

A love story - and how! Like a modern Cyrano Bergerac, an un-named poet living in the Italian countryside teaches a young postman how to write beautiful prose to woo the woman of his dreams. What begins as such an idyllic and romantic story ends so sadly - the presence of fascist oppression is only ever a post-script away.