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In this unique noir masterpiece by the incomparable Saul Bellow, a young man is sucked into the mysterious, heat-filled vortex of New York City. Asa Leventhal, a temporary bachelor with his wife away on a visit to her mother, attempts to find relief from a Gotham heat wave only to be accosted in the park by a down-at-the-heels stranger who accuses Leventhal of ruining his life. Unable to shake the stranger, Leventhal is led by his own self-doubts and suspicions into a nightmare of paranoia and fear.… (más)
Con su esposa fuera de casa visitando a su madre, Asa Leventhal disfruta del tiempo que le toca estar solo. Una tarde, mientras busca alivio en un parque de la ola de calor que se abate sobre Nueva York, es abordado por un hombre desgarbado que lo acusa de haber arruinado su vida. Tras intentar sin éxito convencerlo de su error, Leventhal sucumbirá poco a poco a la historia del extraño hasta creer, de hecho, que es efectivamente responsable de un irreparable daño. ( )
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It is related, O auspicious King, that there was a merchant of the merchants that had much wealth, and business in various cities. Now on a day he mounted horse and went forth to recover monies in certain towns, and the heat oppressed him; so he sat beneath a tree and, putting his hand into his saddle-bags, he took thence some broken bread and dried dates and began to break fast. When he had ended eating the dates he threw away the stones with force and lo! an Ifrit appeared, huge of stature and brandishing a drawn sword, wherewith he approached the merchant and said, "Stand up that I may slay thee even as thou slewest my son!" Asked the merchant, "How have I slain thy son?" and he answered, " When thou atest dates and threwest away the stones they struck my son full in the breast as he was walking by, so that he died forthwith."
"The Tale of the Trader and the Jinni" from Thousand and One Nights
Be that as it may, now it was that upon the rocking waters of the ocean the human face began to reveal itself; the sea appeared paved with innumerable faces, upturned to the heavens; faces, imploring, wrathful, despairing;faces that surged upward by thousands, by myriads, by generations...
De Quincey, The Pains of Opium
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To my friend Paolo Milano
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On some nights, New York is as hot as Bangkok.
A veces, por la noche, en Nueva York hace tanto calor como en Bangkok.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
In this unique noir masterpiece by the incomparable Saul Bellow, a young man is sucked into the mysterious, heat-filled vortex of New York City. Asa Leventhal, a temporary bachelor with his wife away on a visit to her mother, attempts to find relief from a Gotham heat wave only to be accosted in the park by a down-at-the-heels stranger who accuses Leventhal of ruining his life. Unable to shake the stranger, Leventhal is led by his own self-doubts and suspicions into a nightmare of paranoia and fear.
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