Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure, along with some friends, take a guided tour of the exhibition "The Worlds of Gonzalo Torrente Ballester," which traces the life and literary career of the writer through more than 200 pieces (many of them unpublished), including manuscripts, books, newspaper articles, letters, photographs, paintings, drawings and other documents and objects (pipes, teapots, vessels, pens, tape, tapes ...) that bring us his personal iconography.
The exhibition could be visited in the Courtyard School and Exhibition Hall Cielo, from 09.02.10 to 14.03.10 Salamanca. And now we can enjoy it in Ferrol (A Coruña), at the headquarters of the Fundación Caixa Galicia, from 25.03.10 to 25.04.10.
The property that currently is the headquarters of the Foundation was initially designed as a prison, and subsequently housed the city hall, the prison, the grammar school of Ferrol - where taught classes Concepción nj fishing license Arenal and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester - and the military government.
Born in Serantes (Ferrol), in 1910, his imagination runs between: the Galician nj fishing license village territory of imagination, magic, superstition, and the other, the military town, departmental, kingdom of reason and logic rule. Serantes also represents the discovery of the power of the word, of storytelling (in winter nights stories at the fireside, in the summer nights, the stories on the balcony or in front of the door of the house).
The work of writer GTB extends over more than sixty (60) years. Its importance was not so much the amount of works, but its quality and innovative character. nj fishing license Probably one of the differences between him and the writers of his generation resides in his personal conception of reality which, coupled with his boundless imagination, produces results in writing where they fuse naturally, the reality and wonder, will feature earned in the last decades of his life labeled fantastic writer. His vast knowledge and humanistic culture GTB also make an intellectual writer who always liked to go it alone.
Man affable character and close treatment, despite the rough appearance and distant, especially, his dark glasses conferred him, enjoyed nj fishing license the friendship and admiration of many writers and artists.
Tireless and entertaining conversationalist, made the gathering a lifestyle: Café Gijón and Lyon (Madrid), Café Lar (Pontevedra), Cafe Monterrey (Bayonne), Café Novelty (Salamanca) and even his office in Albany.
For four decades he taught Literature nj fishing license profession that claimed over any of theirs. He was also a keen and fine essayist, critic and intelligent, sometimes scathing, and a clever, funny and deep columnist release. nj fishing license
If the ratio of GTB with cinema is almost forgotten or ignored, in this exhibition we can discover another facet, totally unknown, so prolific and multifaceted artist: an early, intense and continuing interest in photography, which he also used as a work tool, so that some of the images that your camera recorded the following in his fictions are transferred to words.
The exhibition is accompanied by a book that extends its initial condition catalog and is divided into two distinct parts. In the first volume, we can find recollections, souvenirs and writers (Saramago, Ana Maria Matute, Manuel Rivas), teachers, nj fishing license historians, etc. We can also see pictures nj fishing license of the Spanish cities nj fishing license of Torrente, through the eyes of Vari Caramés. The second volume gives us five approaches to literary work by acknowledged experts GTB torrentistas: César Antonio Molina, Janet Pérez, José A. Pérez Bowie, nj fishing license Angel G. Loureiro and Angel Basanta. The publication is accompanied by an excellent documentary, directed by Luis Felipe and Daniel Torrente Suberviola, GTB x GTB title.
GTB was a fan of Don Quixote that he was the book of books. Such was his admiration that students in one of the schools nj fishing license in which he taught, gave him as a parting gift, an edition of Don Quixote written and illustrated together, nj fishing license bound in a somewhat bulky volume but emotional value