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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Reading a play is never as good as watching a play. A combination of a cultural history lesson and the every day drama in a family trying to run a business. For the most part, I really enjoyed it but towards the end, there was an event that was implied but not confirmed (although this might come from an actor's portrayal) and a somewhat inexplicable act. The story ends but does not fully feel finished. At least not for all the characters. This book was my introduction to the idea of a "lector"--someone who was paid to be in a cigar factory as a reader, spending days reading works of literature to factory workers. The beauty and the worth of the idea coming into clash with machinery and new technology is enough to be found fascinating to begin with (in my eyes), but Cruz combines this historical moment with drama and frighteningly realistic character (along with great writing) to make a memorable and heartbreaking play. The integration of Anna Karenina into the text brings another level to the text, as well, whether you've read Tolstoy or not. In the end, simply, the text comes to life in various ways. My instinct is to say that this is why we read, and that this is why we write, put simply and beautifully into words. This is worth reading, worth remembering, worth passing on. I've seen this play performed, in an abridged one hour version, once before. I hated it, and now I know why. This play is beautifully written, and should never be performed except in its entirety. The characters of Juan Julian, Cheche, Conchita, and Marela, among others, are too rich to pare down. I put off reading this one for a long time, but I highly recommend it to others. A great play. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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SPANISH LANGUAGE EDITION Ganadora del Premio Pulitzer 2003 de Obras Dramáticas "Extraordinaria y evocativa. La estelar Ana en el trópico es una obra de arte." -Christine Dolen, Miami Herald "Ana en el trópico es una obra hermosa y conmovedora, reforzada por el humor y la congja. Cruz es un seductor narrador de cuentos, y un dúctil tejedor de sueños." -Robert L. Daniels, Variety "El lenguaje de Cruz posee una brilliante belleza lírica, y una simple precision que encanta con su elegancia natural." -Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer Ana en el trópico es una nueva obra conmovedora y poética, ambientada en la Florida del año 1929, en una fábrica de tabacos cubanoamericana en la que los puros aún se hacian a mano, y donde se contrataba a lectores para instruir y entretener a los empleados. El arribo de un Nuevo lector es causa de celebración, pero cuando éste comienza a leer en voz alta de Ana Karénina, sin proponérselo, se vuelve el catalizador de las vidas de los ávidos oyentes, para los que Tolstói, el trópico, y el sueño americano resultan ser una combinación volátil. Nilo Cruz, cuyas obras incluyen Two Sisters and a Piano, Lorca in a Green Dress, Night Train to Bolina, A Bicycle Country y Dancing on Her Knees, es uno de los más prolificos de los dramaturges cubanoamericanos. Cruz ha sido profesor de dramaturgia en las universidades Brown y Yale, y también ha recibido numerosos galardones, incluyendo el premio Pulitzer de 2003 de obras dramáticas, el galardón Steinberg, y el premio Kesselring. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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As an actress, I would be irritated by the way women are represented in this play. A woman in her twenties pees her pants onstage, with relatively little relevance to the plot. There is onstage sex, onstage initiation of sexual assault, and many plot points that revolve around men being jealous of/about women. Female characters are depicted as stereotypes (the long-suffering wife, the bitter wife, the young ingenue). They have some more fleshing out than many plays, but I still got the sense that there was something deeply inauthentic about the way the playwright wrote these women.
I also did not believe the resolution of the play. Something very intense happens, and the characters seemingly move on as if nothing occurred. ( )