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In the late 1950s, a handful of artists from the countercultural
circles of New York and San Francisco who coincided in their
artistic postulates and in their rejection of the conventions of
their time, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Willem de
Kooning, and William S. Burroughs among them, became a symbol of
the unrest of a whole generation of young Americans. Although she
was not a main character of the Beat generation, and was instead
more of a minor character, Joyce Johnson--Jack Kerouac's girlfriend
during that time--became, years later, one of its best chroniclers.
In these evocative and wise memories, Johnson narrates not only her
experiences with the Beats and her tumultuous years with Kerouac,
but also her struggle for her own independence. "A finales de los
anos cincuenta, un punado de artistas procedentes de los circulos
contraculturales de Nueva York y San Francisco que coincidian en
sus postulados artisticos y en su rechazo a las convenciones de su
tiempo, y entre los que se encontraban Jack Kerouac, Allen
Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Willem de Kooning y William S. Burroughs,
se convirtieron en simbolo del malestar de toda una generacion de
jovenes norteamericanos. Aunque no era una figura central de la
generacion "beat," sino mas bien un personaje secundario, Joyce
Johnson--pareja de Jack Kerouac en aquella epoca--se convirtio,
anos despues, en una de sus mejores cronistas. En estas evocadoras
y sabias memorias Johnson relata no solo sus vivencias con los
"beats" y sus turbulentos anos al lado de Kerouac, sino tambien la
lucha por su propia independencia."
In late 19th-century New York, large shop windows multiply and
awaken the imaginations of pedestrians, advertising becomes more
sophisticated, and it seems as though electric lighting and the
telephone are here to stay. Such a setting makes it seem as though
any dream can come true, and Martin Dressler is willing to dream.
His meteoric career begins in his father's tobacco shop, but at 22
years old he decides to start his own businesses: a restaurant
chain followed by a hotel chain. The success of his businesses
doesn't reduce his ambitions, and instead his projects become more
and more visionary and his engagement in them becomes ever greater.
But at the same time, his success begins to progressively isolate
him from his family and all that surrounds him. His trajectory
reflects many of the changes that came about in New York in the
early 20th century--changes that were in large part driven by
dreamers like him. "En Nueva York a finales del siglo XIX los
grandes escaparates se multiplican y despiertan la imaginacion de
los transeuntes, la publicidad comienza a sofisticarse y parece que
la iluminacion electrica y el telefono terminaran por imponerse. En
un escenario asi parece que cualquier sueno puede hacerse realidad,
y Martin Dressler esta dispuesto a sonar. Su meteorica carrera
empieza en la tabaqueria de su padre, pero a los 22 anos de edad
decide poner en marcha su primera empresa: una cadena de
restaurantes, a la que luego seguira otra de hoteles. El exito de
sus negocios no minara su ambicion, sino que en vez sus proyectos
se iran haciendo mas y mas visionarios y su envolvimiento en ellos
sera cada vez mayor. Pero, mientras tanto, el exito lo va aislando
progresivamente de su familia y de cuanto le rodea. Su trayectoria
refleja muchos de los cambios que se produjeron en Nueva York a
comienzos del siglo XX--cambios que fueron impulsados en gran
medida por sonadores como el. "
Jody is the mother of five-year-old Will and a promising artist who
currently works as a wedding photographer in Virginia. Her
boyfriend Mel wants to marry her and tries to convince her to move
to New York, where he works in an art gallery. Will goes for a
visit with his father in Florida, but his father treats each of
these visits as an invasion of privacy. The lives of the characters
in this novel showcase the complexity of the postmodern family, the
product of an era in which human relationships are more and more
fragmented and take less stable and defined forms. This novel is an
unsettling tale about emotional survival, but it is also a
reflection on universal themes such as the fear of commitment, sex,
and childhood fears. "Jody es madre de un nino de cinco anos, Will,
y una prometedora artista que, de momento, trabaja como fotografa
de bodas en Virginia. Su novio, Mel, quiere casarse con ella y
trata de convencerla para que se mude a Nueva York, donde el
trabaja en una galeria de arte. Will va a visitar a su padre a
Florida, pero este vive cada una de las visitas de su hijo como una
intromision en su intimidad. Las vidas de los personajes que
pueblan esta novela muestran la complejidad de la familia
postmoderna, fruto de un tiempo en el que las relaciones humanas
son cada vez mas fragmentarias y adoptan formas menos estables y
definidas. Esta novela es un inquietante relato sobre la
supervivencia emocional, pero tambien una acertada reflexion sobre
temas tan universales como la aversion al compromiso, el sexo o los
miedos infantiles. "
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