Mendel el de los libros

by Stefan Zweig

Other authorsBerta Vias Mahou (Translator)
Paper Book, 2011

Call number

833.912

Publication

Barcelona: Acantilado, 2009 (5a reimpr. 2011), 56 [1] p., 18 cm (Cuadernos; 33)

Description

Jakob Mendel es un librero ambulante que ejerce su profesión en los cafés de la próspera Viena de comienzos del siglo XX. Dotado de una memoria prodigiosa, es capaz de recitar compendios enteros de títulos, autores, fechas y ediciones a todo aquel que acude a consultarle. Mendel vive ajeno al mundo más allá de las hojas de sus libros y catálogos. Hasta que en 1914 estalla la Gran Guerra y lo internan en un campo de concentración. Al regresar a Viena una vez concluida la contienda, ya nada es como era. Esta conmovedora historia es el emocionante homenaje del mejor Zweig al mundo de los libros y a los libreros Jakob Mendel is a traveling bookseller who practices his profession within cafes throughout Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century. Endowed with a prodigious memory, he is capable of reciting entire compendiums of titles, authors, dates, and editions to everyone who comes to consult him. He lived oblivious to the world beyond the pages of his books until the Great War broke out in 1914 and he was interned in a concentration camp. Upon returning to Vienna once the war was over, nothing is as it was. This moving story is Zweig's best tribute to the world of books and booksellers.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member fabio
The wonderfully sad and melancholic story of Mendel, an old books seller. How extreme devotion to a vocation leads to martyrdom and to a strange, imperfect blend of sanctity, in a way that is perfectly compatible with the contemporary order of things.

Language

Original language

German

Original publication date

1929

Physical description

56, 1 p.; 18 cm

ISBN

9788496834903

Barcode

3365
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