Contemplate the life: walks, excursions and travels of Carmen Laforet
Abstract
Taking as corpus of my work the articles published by Carme Laforet between 1948 and 1953 in the review Destino, untitled "Puntos de vista de una mujer”, and the cronicles about her journey to the United States in the fall of 1965, collected in the book Paralelo 35, I study an aspect almost unknown of the Spanis writer: her profile as Walker or voyeur in different cities, excursionist who seeks refuge in the Nature or traveller who visits the most relevant places of the USA. I analize how she projects her unprejudiced watch upon reality and life, taking as a guide only her curiosity or personal desires, and paying special attention to anything which stimulates her imagination and causes an impresión in mind and heart. I also analize the narrative aspects of these texts: scenes and descriptions, or small stories about an event, an experience, an unexpected encounter or sudden rememberings. We discover another Carmen Laforet: a woman who watches and hears contemporary life in its great variety.
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