«Limónov no es un personaje de ficción. Existe y yo lo conozco»
Limónov
Puedo comprender la atracción que debió sentir Emmanuel Carrère al toparse con la figura de Limónov. Aún ahora, con sus más de 70 años cumplidos, el ruso enemigo de Putin continúa levantando pasiones, tanto en el terreno político como en el personal. Carrère en su obra, extensamente documentada, hace a los lectores el gran favor de novelar una biografía que, en ocasiones, resulta difícil de creer que no sea exactamente eso: una novela. Limónov es, en sí mismo, un personaje de ficción: aventurero, radical, incomprensible, cruel en muchísimos momentos, capaz de dar su vida por los demás, en otros; amante incansable y enamoradizo, maltratador en ocasiones; político de ideas contradictorias, como puede apreciarse en la ideología del Partido Nacional Bolchevique que él mismo fundó, donde se aúnan ideas neonazis, estalinistas, anarquistas y muchas más. Alguien, en resumen, harto complicado. Por otro lado, el autor, a medida que nos cuenta las venturas y desventuras de su protagonista, lleva a cabo un análisis concienzudo de la Rusia de estos últimos 50 años: de la adormecida sociedad de la etapa de Breznev y de los cambios convulsos posteriores. Es por tanto, un libro interesante para los amantes de la Historia.
También me interesó la faceta de escritor de Limónov, que durante gran parte de su vida buscó el éxito a través de la literatura y, cuando lo consiguió, creyó que debía de ir más allá. De hecho, intenté buscar algo de su obra y no es fácil. Como curiosidad: encontré su primer libro, Soy yo, Eddie, en tapa blanca, por más de 300€.
"Limonov is not a fictional character. He exists.
I know him."
Limónov
I completely understand the attraction Emmanuel Carrère should felt when he discovered Limónov. Still now, 70 years old, this russian, enemy of Putin, stirs up political and personal passions. Carrère in this book, widely documented, does the readers a great favour: to transform a biography into a novel. Sometimes, it's even difficult to believe that it is a real life, that we are not in front a a fictional character. Because Limónov is that: the main character of a novel, his own life. Adventurer, radical, sometimes cruel, sometimes generous; tireless lover, romantic, abuser; politician with contradictory ideas, as we can check in the political party he founded, the National Bolshevik Party, which is a mixture of neonazi, stalinist, anarquist and so on ideas. In short, someone very complex.
The author, as well, makes a deep analysis of Russia during the last 50 years, from the anesthetised times of Breznev to the subquecuent tumultous periods, which makes this book in an interesting work for History lovers.
I felt also attracted by Limónov, the writer. He spent part of his life trying to become popular through writing, and when he succeeded, he changed plans and looked for something else. I tried to find some of his books translated into English or Spanish, but it's difficult. As a curiosity: I found his first book, It's me, Eddy, for 300€.
LIMÓNOV, Emmanuel Carrère
Esta novela biográfica o biografía novelada reconstruye la vida de un personaje real que parece surgido de la ficción. Un personaje desmesurado y estrafalario, con una peripecia vital casi inverosímil, que le permite al autor trazar un contundente retrato de la Rusia de los últimos cincuenta años y al mismo tiempo aventurarse en una indagación deslumbrante sobre las paradojas de la condición humana.
Carrère has succeeded in creating a breathtaking contemporary epic novel from the extraordinary life of Limónov, to be read without stopping in great exaltation. Most certainly because his knowledge of the subject is complete, his inquiry was thorough, having read all of Limonov’s books, of course, and what has been written about him, meeting him himself, and all the witnesses it was possible to contact, but especially because his talent as a narrator is immense, and that he masterly rendered not only the character’s complexity, but also that of his country and his time.
The author, as well, makes a deep analysis of Russia during the last 50 years, from the anesthetised times of Breznev to the subquecuent tumultous periods, which makes this book in an interesting work for History lovers.
I felt also attracted by Limónov, the writer. He spent part of his life trying to become popular through writing, and when he succeeded, he changed plans and looked for something else. I tried to find some of his books translated into English or Spanish, but it's difficult. As a curiosity: I found his first book, It's me, Eddy, for 300€.
LIMÓNOV, Emmanuel Carrère
Esta novela biográfica o biografía novelada reconstruye la vida de un personaje real que parece surgido de la ficción. Un personaje desmesurado y estrafalario, con una peripecia vital casi inverosímil, que le permite al autor trazar un contundente retrato de la Rusia de los últimos cincuenta años y al mismo tiempo aventurarse en una indagación deslumbrante sobre las paradojas de la condición humana.
Carrère has succeeded in creating a breathtaking contemporary epic novel from the extraordinary life of Limónov, to be read without stopping in great exaltation. Most certainly because his knowledge of the subject is complete, his inquiry was thorough, having read all of Limonov’s books, of course, and what has been written about him, meeting him himself, and all the witnesses it was possible to contact, but especially because his talent as a narrator is immense, and that he masterly rendered not only the character’s complexity, but also that of his country and his time.
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