La Mirada Quieta (de Pérez Galdós)

P廨ez Gald鏀 es un autor esencial en la literatura espa隳la contempor嫕ea. En este ensayo, a partir del an嫮isis de sus novelas, de sus obras teatrales y de los Episodios nacionales, Mario Vargas Llosa crea un perfil completo, personal y sugerente del escritor espa隳l. Nadie como el Nobel peruano es capaz de leer de manera tan sagaz y con tanta libertad y pasi鏮 la obra de un creador.

Como el propio autor afirma en la introducci鏮 a La mirada quieta, «Gald鏀 hizo lo que Balzac, Zola y Dickens hicieron en sus respectivas naciones: contar la historia y la realidad social de su pa疄. Con sus Episodios estuvo en la l璯ea de aqu幨los, convirtiendo en materia literaria el pasado vivido, poniendo al alcance del gran plico una versi鏮 quieta pero amena, bien escrita, con personajes vivos y documentaci鏮 solvente, de un siglo decisivo en la historia espa隳la .

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"Was he a great writer? Yes, he was. In the nineteenth century and early twentieth, there is none of his fellow countrymen who had such dedication, ingenuity, commitment, and literary fluency as P廨ez Gald鏀."

P廨ez Gald鏀 is an essential author in contemporary Spanish literature. In this essay, written after analyzing his novels, plays, and National Episodes, Mario Vargas Llosa creates a comprehensive, personal, and evocative profile of the Spanish writer. No one but the Peruvian Nobel Prize winner is capable of reading a creator's work so astutely, so freely, and so passionately.

As the author states in the introduction to The Quiet Gaze, "Gald鏀 did as Balzac, Zola, and Dickens did in their respective nations, tell the history and social reality of his country. With his Episodes, he was the same as them, turning that vivid past into literary matter, making available to the public a quiet, yet pleasant and well written version, with lively characters and reliable documentation, of a decisive century in Spanish history."