03171nam a2200505Ii 4500 DIGLIBASTRD0057 NyNyDIG m o d cr ||||||||||| 180630s2014 sp o 000 f spa d (OCoLC)1042319437 DGITA eng rda pn DGITA 9788416213146 (eBook ; ePub) 8416213143 (eBook ; ePub) 9788416213047 8416213046 spa rus PG3476.M46 ebook 891.7344 Metter, I. (Izrailʹ), author. 108212 Pi︠a︡tyĭ ugol. Spanish (Ancira) La quinta esquina / Iraíl Métter ; posfacio de Mercedes Monmany ; traducción del ruso de Selma Ancira. Barcelona, España : Libros del Asteroide S.L.U., [2014] 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Libros del Asteroide Boria, the narrator of this lovely novel, is a superfluous man fated to play a marginal role in society--Soviet Russian society. The son of a small Jewish businessman, his petit bourgeois origins prevent him access to the university world in which he believes he has found his calling. This means he must educate himself and resign himself to teaching in second-class institutions. In a fragmentary way, the sensitive Boria recalls his tumultuous life: the death of his father; his first attempts to earn a living teaching private lessons; living in different cities, including Kharkiv, Leningrad, and Rostov; and, above all, his love for the beautiful Katia, a paradigm of feminine unpredictability. Through these fragments, the narrator forms an emotional yet insightful portrait of daily life in Soviet Russia, a world dominated by collective values that tend to crush any glimmer of humanity. The author infuses biographical elements into the novel, which he finished writing in the 1960s but could not publish until 1989. The book established Métter as one of the most prominent Soviet authors of the era and earned him international fame. Online resource; title from ePub title page (Digitalia, viewed July 3, 2018) Romance fiction. lcgft 94370 Autobiographical fiction. lcgft 88945 Electronic books. Monmany, Mercedes, contributor agent of text. 108213 Ancira, Selma, translator. 108214 Translation of: Metter, I. (Izrailʹ). Pi︠a︡tyĭ ugol. 108215 Digitalia (Firm), distributor. Digitalia eBook Collection: Libros del Asteroide Print version: Metter, I. (Izrailʹ). Pi︠a︡tyĭ ugol. Spanish (Ancira). Quinta esquina. Barcelona : Libros del Asteroide, 2014 9788416213047 Libros del Asteroide ; 140. 105339 Digitalia Hispánica https://login.zproxy.cun.edu.co/login?url=https://www.digitaliapublishing.com/a/33461/ Premium collection: 2018 E-BOOK ddc 37974 37974