A couple of weeks ago I finished reading this awesome book. I read it in English which I think it was quite a good decission due to what I've heard from people who read it in Spanish.

This was a pretty controversial book when it was first edited around the 50s. I didn't find it sooooo outrageous... but I suppose you always have to figure the time and social context there was back there.

I enjoyed it a lot, either the style, the characters, and the story. There are parts in it you just laugh wheter you're in a crowded bus or at home, and others where it makes you travel to other place in your mind, and finally some other where you can't help feeling sorry.
Anyway, I recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it yet.

As you can always learn something through Wikipedia... there some side-notes who helped the black legend of the book grow even more. This are... John Lenon's killer, Mark David Chapman, had this book with him when he killed the music star. Besides, John Hinckley Jr., the man who supposedly shot Ronald Reagan was also kind of obssesed with this book. I don't personally believe in all these "you know this amazing thing?!?!?!?!?", but there they are for whoever who cares.

The book, at present, is an obligatory reading in most of USA high-schools.


Quote of the day: "I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything." - John Steinbeck

No pensaba escribir tan pronto, pero me acabo de enterar por mi madre de que Álvaro Pombo ha ganado el 55º Premio Planeta de novela.
Me alegro muchísimo por este escritor, para muchos un revolucionario de la literatura española del último cuarto de siglo, del que de momento sólo he podido disfrutar de una de sus novelas: el metro de platino iridiado, que ya ganara el Premio Nacional de la Crítica.

En esta fantástica novela viajaremos a lo largo y ancho de lo cotidiano mientras el autor nos obliga por momentos a parar, cerrar el libro, y hundirnos en las múltiples reflexiones filosóficas que se nos plantean.
En definitiva, es una mezcla de lo más real con la más pura filosofía, guiños de humor que nos recuperan de lo trágico, y una psicología de los personajes perfecta que nos provocan vuelcos inesperados y nos despiertan para mantener atenta la reflexión.
Una lectura totalmente recomendada para los que gustan del género.

Tendré que conseguir alguna obra más de Álvaro Pombo, este santaderino con pintas de lobo de mar, aunque va a ser difícil que me encandile tanto como lo hizo "El metro de platino iridiado". Cuando lea más, ya lo pondré por aquí.