Talk:Macedonio Fernández

"Niña del dolor"

If someone can understand and translate the sentence about "Niña del dolor" in the corresponding Spanish-language article, that would be appreciated. - Jmabel | Talk 05:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The obscurity is intentional. The expression quoted would mean "Girl of pain" and the title as a whole does not makes much sense in Spanish language either. In his forcing the boundaries of language beyond the "parseable", Macedonio was quite alone in Argentina in his time. The lack of narrative weight did not matter much to him, and prevented his books from becoming popular. In the permanent suggestion that beneath the artifice there lurks a reservoir of personal experience too painful to deal with directly, some may find a link to the later fiction of Paul Auster. Macedonio's stoic life after his wife's death was of a minimalism that can be compared to that of the protagonists of City of Glass or Moon Palace. elpincha 06:59, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. You know what happened? I had for some reason been looking at this without italics, and so I thought "la 'Dulce-persona' de un amor que no fue sabido" was Wikipedia's text, not Macedonio's. Needless to say, it seemed rather odd as encyclopedic writing. I'm still not sure what to do with "Dulce-persona", though: I understand both parts, but not exactly how to understand them combined. Again, I presume poetic intent, but it still escapes me. - Jmabel | Talk 01:43, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing

It looks like a good bit of this could be cited from the sites provided as external links, if someone is inclined to do the work. - Jmabel | Talk 05:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]