LAS LENGUAS INGLESA Y ESPAÑOLA de Delfín Carbonell

  Leyendo el maravilloso artículo, Aprender paciencia , de Fernando Aramburu en El País (17 enero, 2023) que tantas citas extraíbles contiene, se me ha ocurrido consultar mi Diccionario panhispánico de citas y reseño las que he encontrado: “La paciencia es virtud que jamás se queda sin su premio y el paciente, tarde o temprano, recoge siempre la recompensa a su actitud.” Camilo José Cela , ABC, 14/2/1999.   “… la paciencia es una virtud de los prudentes.” Ignacio Camacho , ABC, 22/9/2007.  “Con paciencia no hay quien nos venza.” Manuel Vázquez Montalbán , Los mares del sur, 1979.  “Disfrutar la música, el teatro, la pintura, requiere una cierta actitud de contemplación, un hábito de quietud y paciencia .” Antonio Muñoz Molina , La vida por delante , 2002.  “La paciencia es también un modo de oración, y puede serlo egregio, como en este caso, cuando se combina con una visión certera y lúcida del tema planteado.” Leopoldo Panero , Obras completas, II ...

  I no longer read contemporary authors. I am a literary scaredy-cat, afraid of wasting my remaining time reading a novel by an upstart not worth his salt, who will most probably disappoint me. I keep away from any "opera prima" by unknown authors. Fernando Aramburu has been in the Spanish literary scene for many years, and I kept away from him for the reasons I explain above. He has been at it long enough, and with success, even international success, that I decided to give his last novel a try. Los vencejos (2021) is an easy read, despite its 700 pages. He has a mastery in the Spanish language few posses, to the point that I was able to gather 231 citations for my upcoming Phraseological Dictionary, English-Spanish . His characters are very true to life and he is able, somehow, to write a "teaching novel", the type of narrative where the reader can learn something profitable to live by. His main character is very opinionated and doesn´t shy away from judging ju...