Estados Unidos en la prosa de un inmigrante / The United States in the Prose of an Immigrant

Selección y prólogo de Néstor Díaz de Villegas / Selection and Prologue by Nésto r Díaz de Villegas

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“Esa de racista está siendo una palabra confusa y hay que ponerla en claro. El hombre no tiene ningún derecho especial porque pertenezca a una raza o a otra: dígase hombre, y ya se dicen todos los derechos”. De “Mi raza”.

“Sin alarde, y como quien satisface una función natural, depone este pueblo a los ambiciosos, impone a los honrados, expresa su voluntad, resuelve en justicia, sale, sin miedo a la lluvia, a ver en los boletines de los periódicos su decisión obedecida”. De “Día de elecciones”.

Los quince años de destierro que José Martí pasó en Estados Unidos le proporcionaron una perspectiva que abarca tanto el norte como el sur del hemisferio, una visión reflejada en su ensayo “Nuestra América”. La selección de textos de este volumen imprime a “lo nuestro” martiano, un giro contemporáneo que incluye a la comunidad hispanoamericana en los Estados Unidos, personificada en Martí durante un período migratorio —la segunda mitad del siglo XIX— frecuentemente ignorado.
José Martí: Estados Unidos en la prosa de un inmigrante recoge textos de las "Escenas Norteamericanas", despachos escritos por José Martí para los diarios La Opinión Nacional, de Caracas, La Nación, de Buenos Aires y La Pluma, de Bogotá, entre 1881 y 1886. Incluye también sesenta y cinco fragmentos de La Sección Constante, su columna diaria de variedades para La Opinión Nacional, entre 1881 y 1882.

“Tanto en las piezas mayores como en las mínimas, vemos a un Martí que aprende al mismo tiempo que instruye, que no solo enseña a pensar bien, sino a vivir una vida de autorrealización. Ese doble propósito, expresado en una de sus frases más célebres, sirve de estímulo a la lectura de Martí en nuestro siglo: "Ser culto es el único modo de ser libre". Del prólogo de Néstor Díaz de Villegas.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

An exclusive collection of Jose Marti's writings curated by Cuban author, Nestor Diaz de Villegas, including Marti's thundering accounts of political imprisonment during his teens.  

José Martí: Estados Unidos en la Prosa de un Inmigrante is a compilation of fragments from "Scenes of North America," as well as writings by José Martí for La Opinión Nacional, a newspaper in Caracas, Venezuela, submitted between 1881 and 1886. All of these fragments are set within the historical and social context,to which they belong, and analyzed as literary texts written in Spanish while Marti was living in the United States.
 
Marti chronicled sociopolitical events taking place in the United States at the turn of the 19th century. His writings thus offer detailed analysis of the scientific and technical discoveries taking place at the time, as well as his insights on cultural trends such as fashion, art, and social customs of the time. The historical events described by Marti find striking resonance in issues of the present day. He delves into issues of race, immigration, patriotism, identity, slavery, police and democracy, and even queer aestheticism, as well as providing unfliching observations regarding the figure and performance of the President of the United States and the democratic institutions of his time.
José Martí (1853-1895) es la figura política y literaria más relevante de la historia cubana. Poeta, ensayista, periodista, orador y líder revolucionario de la lucha por la independencia de Cuba, Martí vivió los últimos quince años de su vida exiliado en Nueva York, donde trabajó como corresponsal extranjero para diversos periódicos de América Latina. Fue el iniciador del modernismo literario hispanoamericano.
 
Néstor Díaz de Villegas (Cienfuegos, 1956) es un poeta y ensayista cubanoamericano. Su más reciente libro es De donde son los gusanos: Crónica de un regreso a Cuba después de 37 años de exilio (Vintage Español, 2019). Su popular bitácora "NDDV" ha sido celebrada como "uno de los mejores blogs literarios de América Latina". Reside en Los Ángeles, California.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Jose Marti is the most renowned political and literary figure in the history of Cuba. A poet, essayist, orator, statesman, abolitionist, and the martyred revolutionary leader of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain, Marti lived in exile in New York for most of his adult life, earning his living as a foreign correspondent. Following the 1959 Cuban Revolution, his ideas became a driving force in Cuban politics. 

Nestor Diaz de Villegas is a Cuban-American poet and essayist. His work has established him as one of the main Cuban conemporary voices. He is the author of several poetry books, as well as the novel De donde son los gusanos. He lives in Alhambra, California with his wife, Esther Maria, and their schnauzer, Chico.

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“Esa de racista está siendo una palabra confusa y hay que ponerla en claro. El hombre no tiene ningún derecho especial porque pertenezca a una raza o a otra: dígase hombre, y ya se dicen todos los derechos”. De “Mi raza”.

“Sin alarde, y como quien satisface una función natural, depone este pueblo a los ambiciosos, impone a los honrados, expresa su voluntad, resuelve en justicia, sale, sin miedo a la lluvia, a ver en los boletines de los periódicos su decisión obedecida”. De “Día de elecciones”.

Los quince años de destierro que José Martí pasó en Estados Unidos le proporcionaron una perspectiva que abarca tanto el norte como el sur del hemisferio, una visión reflejada en su ensayo “Nuestra América”. La selección de textos de este volumen imprime a “lo nuestro” martiano, un giro contemporáneo que incluye a la comunidad hispanoamericana en los Estados Unidos, personificada en Martí durante un período migratorio —la segunda mitad del siglo XIX— frecuentemente ignorado.
José Martí: Estados Unidos en la prosa de un inmigrante recoge textos de las "Escenas Norteamericanas", despachos escritos por José Martí para los diarios La Opinión Nacional, de Caracas, La Nación, de Buenos Aires y La Pluma, de Bogotá, entre 1881 y 1886. Incluye también sesenta y cinco fragmentos de La Sección Constante, su columna diaria de variedades para La Opinión Nacional, entre 1881 y 1882.

“Tanto en las piezas mayores como en las mínimas, vemos a un Martí que aprende al mismo tiempo que instruye, que no solo enseña a pensar bien, sino a vivir una vida de autorrealización. Ese doble propósito, expresado en una de sus frases más célebres, sirve de estímulo a la lectura de Martí en nuestro siglo: "Ser culto es el único modo de ser libre". Del prólogo de Néstor Díaz de Villegas.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

An exclusive collection of Jose Marti's writings curated by Cuban author, Nestor Diaz de Villegas, including Marti's thundering accounts of political imprisonment during his teens.  

José Martí: Estados Unidos en la Prosa de un Inmigrante is a compilation of fragments from "Scenes of North America," as well as writings by José Martí for La Opinión Nacional, a newspaper in Caracas, Venezuela, submitted between 1881 and 1886. All of these fragments are set within the historical and social context,to which they belong, and analyzed as literary texts written in Spanish while Marti was living in the United States.
 
Marti chronicled sociopolitical events taking place in the United States at the turn of the 19th century. His writings thus offer detailed analysis of the scientific and technical discoveries taking place at the time, as well as his insights on cultural trends such as fashion, art, and social customs of the time. The historical events described by Marti find striking resonance in issues of the present day. He delves into issues of race, immigration, patriotism, identity, slavery, police and democracy, and even queer aestheticism, as well as providing unfliching observations regarding the figure and performance of the President of the United States and the democratic institutions of his time.

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José Martí (1853-1895) es la figura política y literaria más relevante de la historia cubana. Poeta, ensayista, periodista, orador y líder revolucionario de la lucha por la independencia de Cuba, Martí vivió los últimos quince años de su vida exiliado en Nueva York, donde trabajó como corresponsal extranjero para diversos periódicos de América Latina. Fue el iniciador del modernismo literario hispanoamericano.
 
Néstor Díaz de Villegas (Cienfuegos, 1956) es un poeta y ensayista cubanoamericano. Su más reciente libro es De donde son los gusanos: Crónica de un regreso a Cuba después de 37 años de exilio (Vintage Español, 2019). Su popular bitácora "NDDV" ha sido celebrada como "uno de los mejores blogs literarios de América Latina". Reside en Los Ángeles, California.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Jose Marti is the most renowned political and literary figure in the history of Cuba. A poet, essayist, orator, statesman, abolitionist, and the martyred revolutionary leader of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain, Marti lived in exile in New York for most of his adult life, earning his living as a foreign correspondent. Following the 1959 Cuban Revolution, his ideas became a driving force in Cuban politics. 

Nestor Diaz de Villegas is a Cuban-American poet and essayist. His work has established him as one of the main Cuban conemporary voices. He is the author of several poetry books, as well as the novel De donde son los gusanos. He lives in Alhambra, California with his wife, Esther Maria, and their schnauzer, Chico.

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