04 marzo 2005
Los pobres también sueñan
Y los ricos lloran y gastan plata para saborear la pobreza. Aquí hay sólo un ejemplo, de la villas miseras de Buenos Aires La villa, una usina de negocios rentables, reportaje por Julián Gorodischer en Página 12. Hace unos pocos años, Susana y yo descubrimos que podíamos hacer un tour guiado de la favela más grande de Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha, y lo hicimos. Extraña experiencia, ser turista de la miseria, pero la verdad es que esas poblaciones hacinadas de gente pobre son como laboratorios del ingenio humano. Crean casas de los materiales menos esperados, arman tinglados, hacen arte, hacen el amor, hacen guerra -- hay mil maneras de forjar la dignidad de los elementos que otros toman por basura.
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- Geoffrey Fox
- Geoffrey Fox's short story collection Welcome to My Contri (1988, enlarged e-book 2010) was described by The New York Times Book Review as a "short and impressive work" in which "Mr. Fox [...] has created a memorable set of players who, while not natural antagonists (they often share the same dreams and goals), are still somehow bent on confrontation. Watching their sometimes vicious, often darkly humorous interactions leaves us thoroughly wrung out and aware that we are in the presence of a formidable new writer". Novels: A Gift for the Sultan (2010), Rabble! (2022) His articles, op-eds and book reviews have appeared in The Nation, The New York Times, the Village Voice and other publications. Since 2008, Fox has been living with his partner, architect Susana Torre, on the edge of the Mediterranean in the village of Carboneras in Andalusia, Spain, where his short stories (in Spanish) under the pen name "Baltasar Lotroyo" ("el otro yo" = alter ego in Spanish) have appeared in anthologies and online publications.
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