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Juegos de la edad tardía (1989)

by Luis Landero

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The desire for a life of bohemian atmosphere and intellectual dicussions that Gregorio had during his youth disappears as he grows up and becomes a clerk. One day he begins a phone relationship with Gil, a man his age living a provincial life. Gil needs a hero and so he revives Gregorio's old dreams of becoming a symbolic figure. Faroni, the hero developed by Gregorio, is young, cultivated, handsome, sociable, an engineer and a poet, a musician and an explorer. When Gil announces his visit one day, Gregorio makes plans to get out of the city and return to his peaceful life, but it's too late. Gregorio and Gil, like two adolescents who start playing dangerous games at a late age, cannot live without each other and without the non-existing paradise where Faroni reigns as leader and prophet.… (more)
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Juegos de la edad tardía
Luis Landero
Publicado: 1989 | 426 páginas
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Los anhelos de una vida amorosa e intelectual inquieta que Gregorio alimentó en su juventud se habían esfumado cuando, convertido ya en un oficinista gris, conoce un día por teléfono a Gil , hombre modesto, maduro también, quien, tras largos años de exilio, acabó idealizándolo todo en mitos anacrónicos. Gil necesita a toda costa a un héroe-artista al que adherirse y, lentamente, consigue resucitar en Gregorio sus sueños juveniles y el deseo de convertirse en esa figura simbólica. Y ha lugar la metamorfosis de Gregorio en Faroni , personaje que ninguno de los dos nunca logró ser —ingeniero y poeta, trinfador, culto, políglota, apuesto, audaz en el amor, «progre», pero patética caricatura del artista trasnochado—. Cuando Gil va por fin a conocer a Gregorio , éste ya no puede volver atrás. Estos dos adolescentes otoñales han emprendido juegos demasiado peligrosos , y fortificado el uno por la feredentora del otro, ya no pueden sino fundirse para siempre en Faroni.
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The desire for a life of bohemian atmosphere and intellectual dicussions that Gregorio had during his youth disappears as he grows up and becomes a clerk. One day he begins a phone relationship with Gil, a man his age living a provincial life. Gil needs a hero and so he revives Gregorio's old dreams of becoming a symbolic figure. Faroni, the hero developed by Gregorio, is young, cultivated, handsome, sociable, an engineer and a poet, a musician and an explorer. When Gil announces his visit one day, Gregorio makes plans to get out of the city and return to his peaceful life, but it's too late. Gregorio and Gil, like two adolescents who start playing dangerous games at a late age, cannot live without each other and without the non-existing paradise where Faroni reigns as leader and prophet.

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