By Roberto Arlt
ROBERTO ARLT (1900-1942), hijo de prusiano y austro-húngara, emigrados en Buenos Aires, por lo que los angeles lengua hablada en el seno del hogar period el alemán. Su infancia estuvo marcada por l. a. estrechez, en el barrio porteño de Flores, y por l. a. rigidez extrema de los angeles educación que le aplicó el padre. Se le expulsó de l. a. escuela a los ocho años, por lo que se hizo a sí mismo de modo autodidacta. Comenzó su vida laboral con los trabajos más diversos: redactor en un periódico neighborhood, ayudante de biblioteca, pintor, mecánico, soldador, trabajador portuario y director de una fábrica de ladrillos. En 1926 comenzó su carrera literaria con l. a. publicación de su novela “El juguete rabioso”. Se vinculó al grupo progresista Boedo y se le considera como el introductor de l. a. novela moderna en Argentina. Sus obras se caracterizan por un realismo constituido en alegorías de l. a. degradación que amenaza los angeles gran urbe, erigiéndose así como el primer gran novelista urbano del contexto hispanoamericano, pionero en los angeles revelación del trasfondo existencial que acucia l. a. vida en las grandes ciudades. “Los lanzallamas” (1931). Es l. a. continuación de “Los siete locos”, donde se retoman las obsesiones de cada uno de los personajes: los proyectos revolucionarios del Astrólogo, los conflictos internos de Erdosain y prosiguen las peripecias del Rufián Melancólico y de Elsa quien, refugiada en un convento, cuenta l. a. historia en l. a. que se ha visto envuelta a las monjas. En realidad se trata de una única novela con dos partes.
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Jeg trækker mig altså bort fra konen og tænker: skal der betales for hende så lat Edvar da betale selv, hun og hendes far har bedre råd end jeg. Og Edvarda betaler ganske rigtig selv. I den retning er hun storartet, hun mangler ingenlunde hjærte. Men så6i sant som jeg sitter her, hun hadde ventet at jeg skulde ha betalt for kahytsplass til konen og den lille, jeg så det på hendes blik. Hvad så videre? Konen reiste sig og tak ket for den store hjælp. Tak ikke mig, men tak den herre dér, svarte Edvarda og peker med rolig mine på mig.
Oho, doktoren har noget å hævne, tænkte jeg og jeg sa: Si mig nu også, doktor, hvorfor De har hat den store møie og besværlighet å meddele mig alt dette? Skal jeg hjælpe Dem med å tukte Edvarda? 62 ‘ IA Forresten er hun varm som en vulkan, fortsatte han uten å agte på mit spørsmål. De spurte om ingen kunde vinde hende. Jo hvorfor ikke? Hun venter på sin prins, lan er ikke kommet, hun tar atter og atter feil, hun trod de også at De var prinsen, især da De hadde dyreblik, haha. Hør, hr. løitnant.