De fuego cercada. Geografía secreta de Madrid (Alianza Voces) – Plastic Books

De fuego cercada. Geografía secreta de Madrid

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Pages
448 pp.
Language
Spanish
Publisher
Alianza Editorial
Year
2024
ISBN
9788411488297
Dimensions
15.0 x 3.5 x 22.0 cm
Written by
Servando Rocha

“This is a book about disappearances. Almost everything that will appear (buildings, places, people) is no longer there, yet it still remains,” writes Rocha at the beginning of this unclassifiable book, halfway between a personal chronicle, an unusual and psychogeographic guide, and a logbook. A travel diary to the edges of Madrid following the “paths of desire,” those spontaneously created by the passage of people or animals.

With this walk, in a single day, the disappearance of José Ribalta Camós is attempted to be solved, an ophthalmologist who in 1916 decided to walk in a straight line north from Puerta del Sol. The result is a story of stories, a journey to the end of the city that at times recalls W.G. Sebald, Iain Sinclair, or an infinitely more intricate and dark Trapiello.

Title
De fuego cercada. Geografía secreta de Madrid
Author
Servando Rocha
Publisher
Alianza Editorial
Year
2024
Language
Español
Pages
448 pp.
ISBN
9788411488297