by Antonio Machado · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420618555
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«Juan de Mairena» is the book of aphorisms and notes by Antonio Machado, published by Alianza in paperback (316 pages, in Spanish).
Antonio Machado brings to life Juan de Mairena, an apocryphal professor whose aphorisms, witticisms, notes and recollections blend irony and wisdom. Mairena's reflections on education, philosophy, literature and customs invite readers to question clichés and view reality with critical detachment. The volume opens with the «Apuntes inéditos» of 1933-34.
Originally published in 1936. With edition, prologue and comparative study by Pablo del Barco; part of the El Libro de Bolsillo collection, no. 855.
For readers interested in Antonio Machado's prose and in Spanish literature of the Generation of '98.
Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, simply known as Antonio Machado, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98. His work, initially modernist, evolved towards an intimate form of symbolism with romantic traits. He gradually developed a style characterised by both an engagement with humanity on one side and an almost Taoist contemplation of existence on the other, a synthesis that, according to Machado, echoed the most ancient popular wisdom. In Gerardo Diego's words, Machado "spoke in verse and lived in poetry."
