Author: Amelie Nothomb
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We find ourselves before a boldly autobiographical book that is also a contagious defence of the appetite. The author confirms that, although the entire story is true, what differentiates the novel from reality is its writing. Despite having suffered from anorexia for two years, this story explains her life through hunger and defends greed and gluttony of many different kinds: hunger of the tongue, for books, for alcohol, for chocolate, an anxiety for beauty and for discoveries. / Nos hallamos ante un libro resueltamente autobiografico que tambien es una apologia contagiosa del apetito. La autora afirma que, aunque todo lo relatado es real, lo que diferencia la novela de la realidad es la escritura. No obstante haber padecido anorexia durante dos anos, en el relato explica su vida a traves del hambre y reivindica una avidez y una glotoneria en muchos registros: hambre de lenguas, de libros, de alcohol, de chocolate, ansia de belleza y de descubrimientos... Amelie Nothomb afirma que tiene «un apetito absoluto», un deseo jamas colmado, que no parece tener fin y al que la autora asedia en este relato en todas sus formas, del extasis al horror, con brio, dolor, amor, humor y lucidez, mientras se dibuja en filigrana la complicada paradoja de existir.
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Collection: Compactos
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