Roberto Arlt (1900–1942)
Author of The Seven Madmen
About the Author
Roberto Arlt is acknowledged as a seminal figure in the development of the theater and novel in Argentina; in his treatment of madness and the uncertainties of external reality; and in his use of shifting point of view and internal monologue. The seven madmen in the book of that title organize a show more secret society to be financed by a chain of brothels, with the purpose of changing society. At the same time, each of them pursues his own special fixation. Against this background, the protagonist pursues his own existential search for meaning. Arlt's work is a perceptive comment both on the role of the individual in modern society and society's destructive effects on that individual. Arlt is one of Argentina's first major urban writers, with a special focus on the immigrant petite bourgeoisie. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Roberto Arlt
Saverio, El Cruel LA Isla Desierta (Biblioteca Clasica Y Contemporanea) (Spanish Edition) (1991) 30 copies
El jorobadito y otros cuentos (Biblioteca Clasica Y Contemporanea) (Spanish Edition) (2006) 18 copies, 1 review
Yedi Deliler 2 copies
Teatro completo 2 copies
Las muchachas de Buenos Aires 2 copies
Entre Crotos y Sabihondos 2 copies
Elogio de la vagancia 1 copy
Aguafuertes deltianas 1 copy
Aguafuertes y cuentos 1 copy
LA LUNA ROJA 1 copy
Teatro completo, 2 1 copy
Teatro completo, 1 1 copy
Aguafuertes bonaerenses 1 copy
Semblanzas 1 copy
Il gobbetto (in Le belve) 1 copy
El Jorobadito: Aguafuertes Portenas (Coleccion Literaria Lyc (Leer y Crear)) (Spanish Edition) (1993) 1 copy
El criador de gorilas 1 copy
Cuentos argentinos 1 copy
Autobiografías humorísticas 1 copy
Novelas completas y cuentos 1 copy
Los Hombres Fieras 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Arlt, Roberto Godofredo Christophersen
- Birthdate
- 1900-04-26
- Date of death
- 1942-07-26
- Burial location
- Ashes scattered in Paraná River, Argentina
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cause of death
- stroke
- Places of residence
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Occupations
- bookstore clerk
tinsmith apprentice
painter
mechanic
vulcanizer
manager (brick factory) (show all 12)
port worker
short-story writer
novelist
playwright
journalist
inventor - Short biography
- Roberto Arlt was expelled from school at the age of 8. He died of a stroke, after which his body was lowered from his apartment by an operated crane.
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El amor brujo/ The Wicked Love by Roberto Arlt
Libro no apto para depresivos...
Bajo una prosa intensa, fluida, bien descriptiva, llena de toques poeticos con un buen uso de las formas literarias, el escritor narra a una personajes fuera de lo comun, cinicos, con una ambicion que pareciese ser producto de una locura colectiva bajo causas que en pequeños retazos podrian compartirse. Un personaje principal cuya experiencia lo llevo a vivir una vida triste, estancada, encuentra motivacion suficiente para unirse a la locura, pelea con los escrupulos internos, busca encontrarse a si mismo.
La edicion que he leido es la completa, por eso quizas algun capitulo se me hizo denso o me parecio muy de relleno.… (more)
La edicion que he leido es la completa, por eso quizas algun capitulo se me hizo denso o me parecio muy de relleno.… (more)
Anguish and self-loathe in words and sentences.
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