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El fantasista (2006)

by Hernán Rivera Letelier

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In this new novel, Rivera Letelier returns to his imaginary Pampa to bring us a moving and deeply entertaining story where people stake their lives for pride, friendship and courage. The inhabitants of Coya Sur are facing two events that will change their lives forever: the definite closure of the mine and the last soccer game they will play against their archrivals from Maria Elena. Only a miracle can help them win this momentous encounter –could this be the mysterious "Fantasista"?… (more)
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Llega un personaje inolvidable, un verdadero mago con el balón. Los habitantes de la salitrera Coya Sur se ven enfrentados a dos acontecimientos que cambiarán sus vidas para siempre: el cierre definitivo del campamento y el último partido de fútbol contra María Elena, sus archirrivales de siempre. Y sólo un milagro puede hacerlos ganar este trascendental encuentro. Cuando el Fantasista aparece por las polvorientas calles de Coya Sur, todos creen que sus plegarias han sido escuchadas. El hombre, acompañado de una enigmática colorida, despliega sus asombrosas virtudes de malabarismo con la pelota, dejando atónitos a los pobladores. "Ha llegado el Mesías de la pelota blanca.
  Natt90 | Mar 27, 2023 |
I dear to say that Rivera-Letelier has achieved popularity thanks to his down-to-earth writing and the depiction of the lives of miners and prostitutes in the north of Chile that is already common in his works, but with the particularity that his words come not out of an aristocrat research of the recent history, but from a fellow's experience gained through a coming-of-age in the Norte Grande, surrounded by those he writes about, experiencing first-hand the desolation that only life in the desert can bring upon men and women alike.

'El Fantasista' is no exception to this trend. This time, the main topic is not prostitutes and miners, but football. A sport that causes religious admiration among chileans and that, in the loneliness of the salitreras, becomes one of the few things that can keep the nortinos away from insanity. As the most important match in the history of the local team approaches, the visit of a football magician arriving to town brings hope to the locals, who then struggle to convince the foreigner to play their colors, a task that is made difficult by the circumstances that unveil through the plot.

The language and the story are rather simple and I think this is hardly a masterpiece, but merely a source of light enjoyment, particularly for those familiar with the tons of chilean colloquial expressions throughout the book that can provoke laughter if one's not too highly-sensitive to eventual vulgarities. I find Rivera-Letelier's writing to be of little innovation here, but his works are of high value for those interested in the north and its mysteries. ( )
  csaavedra | Apr 15, 2020 |
Esta novela comienza con la llegada de una pareja de desconocidos a la salitrera Coya Sur, él es un virtuoso del fútbol y ella una colorina que ha perdido la memoria. La salitrera está por cerrarse y por tanto todos sus habitantes deberán abandonar el lugar dejando sus trabajos, sus casas, sus recuerdos y parte importante de su vida tras ellos.
Aparte del hecho que deberán marcharse, están en vísperas de jugar un partido de fútbol con la salitrera María Elena, su archirival de siempre y a quienes nunca han podido ganar, en este escenario el “fantasista” que es el apodo del virtuoso asoma como un Mesías que puede lograr lo imposible: derrotar al equipo de Maria Elena.
La novela se desarrolla con este hecho como hilo conductor y paralelamente se van describiendo personajes y situaciones propias de la vida de la época y de estos centros salitreros. El desenlace, como acostumbra Rivera, es inesperado, feliz y triste a la vez.
  ibbychile | Oct 17, 2006 |
Esta novela comienza con la llegada de una pareja de desconocidos a la salitrera Coya Sur, él es un virtuoso del fútbol y ella una colorina que ha perdido la memoria. La salitrera está por cerrarse y por tanto todos sus habitantes deberán abandonar el lugar dejando sus trabajos, sus casas, sus recuerdos y parte importante de su vida tras ellos.
Aparte del hecho que deberán marcharse, están en vísperas de jugar un partido de fútbol con la salitrera María Elena, su archirival de siempre y a quienes nunca han podido ganar, en este escenario el “fantasista” que es el apodo del virtuoso asoma como un Mesías que puede lograr lo imposible: derrotar al equipo de Maria Elena.
La novela se desarrolla con este hecho como hilo conductor y paralelamente se van describiendo personajes y situaciones propias de la vida de la época y de estos centros salitreros. El desenlace, como acostumbra Rivera, es inesperado, feliz y triste a la vez.
  c.estrada | Sep 14, 2006 |
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In this new novel, Rivera Letelier returns to his imaginary Pampa to bring us a moving and deeply entertaining story where people stake their lives for pride, friendship and courage. The inhabitants of Coya Sur are facing two events that will change their lives forever: the definite closure of the mine and the last soccer game they will play against their archrivals from Maria Elena. Only a miracle can help them win this momentous encounter –could this be the mysterious "Fantasista"?

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