BOOK / PRAISE OF ABJECTION. Carlos Clavería Laguarda

ESSAY

We have chosen most of our favorite fictional characters not for their virtues, but rather for the fascination and unease their vileness inspires in us. Like the forbidden apple in Eden, the representation of the baseness and disorder of the human spirit also shines in the garden of literature, its beauty sometimes exerting an irresistible attraction on the reader.
These pages offer a journey through fifteen works starring abject characters of paper, illustrious names who once captivated readers and helped shape the modern novel. No matter how many outrageous acts they commit or how terrible suffering they suffer, characters like those of Austen, Stendhal, Flaubert, Kafka, or Berto awaken in us the most delicate admiration and keep alive the flame of literature, which often burns in the very heart of hell.

Title: Elogio de la abyección
Author: Carlos Clavería Laguarda
Pages: 240
Size: 14 x 21 cm
Weight: 250 grams
Genre: Essay
Language: Spanish
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Altamarea
Year: 2021