Tomar Refugio / Take Shelter [Spanish]

by Mathias Énard and Susan Mallery

Como ya hizo en El piano oriental, Zeina Abirached vuelve a acercar las culturas de Oriente y Occidente en colaboraci n con Mathias nard, ganador del Premio Goncourt en 2015.

En todas las tradiciones budistas, «tomar refugio es el primer paso en el camino a la liberaci n interior. Se trata de un acto de palabra donde se testimonia la confianza en el buda, en el dharma y en el sangha, los tres tesoros. A partir de esta idea, Zeina Abirached y Mathias nard tejen una entra able historia sobre la soledad, el amor y la b squeda de la propia identidad.

Tomar refugio se desarrolla en dos l neas temporales y geogr ficas: en el Afganist n de 1939, la escritora Annemarie Schwarzenbach vive un idilio con una paleont loga mientras en Europa estalla la Segunda Guerra Mundial; en el Berl n de 2016, un joven alem n colabora en la creaci n de un campo de refugiados y se enamora de una mujer siria casada, amor que es correspondido, aunque las diferencias culturales parecen separarlos.

Dos historias de amor at picas que resuenan entre s a pesar de la distancia: tiempos atribulados, seres humanos que al tratar de vencer aquello que los diferencia se enfrentan a la oposici n de la sociedad.

Las bellas y po ticas im genes de Zeina Abirached se ponen al servicio de uno de los mejores escritores del momento, especialista en la cultura rabe y siempre comprometido con las libertades en Oriente, dando lugar a una obra art sticamente extraordinaria y pol ticamente m s necesaria que nunca.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

As she did in The Oriental Piano, Zeina Abirached brings the cultures of the East and West closer together in collaboration with Mathias nard, winner of the Goncourt Prize in 2015.

In all Buddhist traditions, "taking shelter" is the first step on the road to inner liberation. It's an act of testimony where trust in the buddha, dharma and sangha, and the three treasures, is spoken out loud. Based on this idea, Zeina Abirached and Mathias nard weave an intimate story about loneliness, love, and the search for identity.

Take Shelter takes place on two geographical and time lines: in Afghanistan in 1939, the writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach has a romance with a paleontologist while in Europe the Second World War breaks out. In Berlin 2016, a young German collaborates in the creation of a refugee camp and falls in love with a married Syrian woman, a love that is reciprocated, even though cultural differences seem to separate them.

Two atypical love stories that resonate with each other despite the distance: troubled times, human beings who, trying to overcome their differences, face opposition from society.
The beautiful and poetic images of Zeina Abirached are put at the service of one of the best writers our time, a specialist in Arab culture and always committed to freedoms in the East, giving rise to an extraordinarily artistic and unavoidably political work that's needed now more than ever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 841613149X
• ISBN13: 9788416131495
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Salamandra Graphic
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.6" x 10.2"