Las tinieblas
1902
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3.47
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54
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Un revolucionario, perseguido por la policía, se esconde en una casa de prostitución. Ha cumplido ya 26 años, pero no sabe qué es tener a una mujer entre los brazos. Escoge a la muchacha que cree más pura, y, entre las paredes de su habitación, inician un sorprendente diálogo. La muchacha, en un formidable anhelo de purificación, se siente atraída por el idealista ingenuo—en el que intuye la bondad de la que ella carece—, y, mientras el progresivo amor que siente por él le abre caminos de insospechada elevación, el revolucionario, por el contrario, ve alejarse los ideales que le habían guiado hasta entonces, hundiéndose en lo opaco. Andréyev, en este relato palpitante, dibuja con mano maestra la ceguera del ser humano y su formidable egoísmo.
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Author
Leonid Andreyev
Author · 35 books
Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev (Russian: Леонид Николаевич Андреев; 1871-1919) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature. He was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the Tsarist government. His first story published was About a Poor Student, a narrative based upon his own experiences. It was not, however, until Gorky discovered him by stories appearing in the Moscow Courier and elsewhere that Andreyevs literary career really began. His first collection of stories appeared in 1901, and sold a quarter-million copies in short time. He was hailed as a new star in Russia, where his name soon became a byword. He published his short story, In the Fog in 1902. Although he started out in the Russian vein he soon startled his readers by his eccentricities, which grew even faster than his fame. His two best known stories may be The Red Laugh (1904) and The Seven Who Were Hanged (1908). His dramas include the Symbolist plays The Life of Man (1906), Tsar Hunger (1907), Black Masks (1908), Anathema (1909) and He Who Gets Slapped (1915).
