by Antonio Skármeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783492107686
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«Mit Brennender Geduld» is the novel by Antonio Skármeta, published by Piper in paperback, in German (149 pages).
Young Mario Jiménez takes a job as postman to the poet Pablo Neruda and, through poetry, discovers a new way of understanding love and words. The action takes place in Chile in the 1960s and shows how feelings, literature and the political climate intertwine in everyday life.
The work, whose original title is «Ardiente paciencia», appears in this German edition in the Piper Series (SP 768), translated from Spanish by Willi Zurbrüggen.
For those seeking a narrative set in 1960s Chile that combines poetry, love and political commitment.
Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic was a Chilean writer, screenwriter, and director. His novel Ardiente paciencia was the basis for the film Il Postino. In Chile, he was popularly known for hosting a television show on literature and the arts. He served as Chile's ambassador to Germany from 2000 to 2003. In 2014, he was awarded the Chilean National Literature Prize.
