by Vicente Valero · EDITORIAL PERIFERICA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416291717
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Duelo de alfiles is a unique book that immerses the reader in a detective-like pursuit through cities, islands, and texts of five great writers: Nietzsche, Rilke, Kafka, Benjamin, and Brecht. The work explores how these authors faced survival in the interwar period. Vicente Valero delves into key biographical episodes, such as the chess matches between Benjamin and Brecht, Nietzsche's last writings in Turin, Kafka's reading in Munich, and Rilke's months in Switzerland. The narrator travels to these places, connecting the works that arose there, such as Benjamin's essay on Kafka and Nietzsche's autobiography, Ecce Homo. The book combines anecdotes with reflections on art, war, exile, and the solitude of the creator.
