Wakefield

Por Nathaniel Hawthorne

«Recuerdo haber leído en algún viejo periódico o bien en alguna gaceta vieja una crónica que, contada tal y como si fuera real, contaba la historia de un hombre, de nombre Wakefield, que decidió irse a vivir lejos de su mujer una temporada larga?». De esta forma empieza este relato, que Borges apuntó como el más grande y perfecto artefacto narrativo de la historia, predececesor directo de los relatos de Melville y Franz Kafka. Wakefield es un hombre tranquilo, vanidoso, ególatra, propenso a crear misterios infantiles.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 4 mar 2017
• ISBN: 9788826034522

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born is Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. His father died when he was four years old. His first novel, Fanshawe, was published anonymously at his own expense in 1828. He later disowned the novel and burned the remaining copies. For the next twenty years he made his living as a writer of tales and children's stories. He assured his reputation with the publication of The Scarlet Letter in 1850 and The House of the Seven Gables the following year. In 1853 he was appointed consul in Liverpool, England, where he lived for four years. He died in 1864.