by Luis García Montero · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420431956
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«Las palabras rotas» is Luis García Montero's essay on language and democracy, published by Alfaguara in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
The author reflects on essential words such as truth, progress, time, identity, politics, reality, conscience and goodness, warning that their meanings are being transformed to serve particular interests. García Montero recovers them, restores their original meaning and rehabilitates them for civic debate, arguing that language is the basis of consciousness and action. The book belongs to the tradition of civic commitment of Juan de Mairena by Antonio Machado and combines reflection, vitalism and elegant, poetic prose.
The subtitle of the work is «El desconsuelo de la democracia». The volume is part of Alfaguara's Hispánica collection.
Recommended for readers interested in the literary essay, social and political criticism and the work of Luis García Montero, director of the Instituto Cervantes.
Luis García Montero is a Spanish poet, literary critic and academic. He is a professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Granada and since 2018 director of the Instituto Cervantes.
