Diccionario del Diablo - Couverture souple

BIERCE, AMBROSE

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9505818904 ISBN 13 : 9789505818907

Editeur : Ediciones Colihue, 1998

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – 1914?) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist. Today, he is best known for his short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and his satirical dictionary, The Devil's Dict- ionary. The sardonic view of human nature that informed his work – along with his vehemence as a critic – earned him the nickname, "Bitter Bierce." Despite his reputation as a searing critic, however, Bierce was known to encourage younger wri- ters, including the poet, George Sterling and the fiction writer, W. C. Morrow. In 1913, Bierce traveled to Mexico to gain a firsthand perspective on that country's ongoing revolution. While traveling with rebel troops, the elderly writer disappea- red without a trace.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

En "El Diccionario del Diablo" Ambrose Bierce afila las armas del ingenio para ofrecernos una burla total y despiadada del género humano, de sus honorables instituciones, de sus presupuestos lógicos -que conforman el tan peregrino "sentido común"-, de sus ideas más conspicuas, de sus nimias creencias. Bierce, maestro del humor negro, se convierte en diabólico lexicógrafo a fin de provocar una rebelión contra las ideas recibidas, contra las ideas reinantes, contra las ideas que se establecen impunemente.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Ediciones Colihue
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 9505818904
• ISBN 13: 9789505818907
• Reliure: Broché