La danza de los deseos

En Verano reunimos, compilados por Peter Saint-André, fragmentos de distintas fuentes (principalmente de sus diarios), en los que Henry David Thoreau reflexiona, entre junio y septiembre, sobre los fenómenos de la naturaleza que observa en la estación más calurosa del año.

Neuf hommes, âgés de 17 à 73 ans, tous à une étape différente de leur vie et dispersés aux quatre coins de l'Europe, essayent de comprendre ce que signifie être vivant. Tels sont les personnages mis en scène par David Szalay à la façon d'un arc de cercle chronologique illustrant tous les âges de la vie. En juxtaposant ces existences singulières au cours d'une seule et même année, l'auteur montre les hommes tels qu'ils sont : tantôt incapables d'exprimer leurs émotions, provocateurs ou méprisables, tantôt hilarants, touchants, riches d'envies et de désirs face au temps qui...

Of these four hundred-odd stories there are three or four of which were murmured; to be more truthful, it was not theirs, but me, who was murdered, denying me ownership of the matter. None of those included in this volume have been discussed, as far as I know, in such a concept; But I anticipate, reader, to warn you that three of those that I offer you here are not mine for the matter, and five or six are not the heritage of my inventiveness, but accounts of authentic and real cases -- what Fernán Caballero called happened. I dressed and arranged them in my own way, sometimes for pleasure...

Mrs. Helseth. Hadn't I better begin and lay the table for supper, miss? Rebecca. Yes, do. Mr. Rosmer ought to be in directly. Mrs. Helseth. Isn't there a draught where you are sitting, miss? Rebecca. There is a little. Will you shut up, please? (MRS. HELSETH goes to the hall door and shuts it. Then she goes to the window, to shut it, and looks out.) Mrs. Helseth. Isn't that Mr. Rosmer coming there? Rebecca. Where? (Gets up.) Yes, it is he. (Stands behind the window-curtain.) Stand on one side. Don't let him catch sight of us. Mrs. Helseth (stepping back). Look, miss-he is beginning to use the ...