Esplendor y vileza

"Mi padre Sergio Verdugo Herrera tenía cincuenta años cuando fue asesinado en 1976. Y el título Bucarest 187 es la dirección de su casa, en el barrio de Providencia. En mi familia había civiles y militares. Había disidentes y partidarios de la dictadura. ¿Qué le ocurre a una gran familia cuando un crimen político afecta su eje emocional? Se pone a prueba los valores en medio del dolor y el miedo, emergiendo lealtades y traiciones que marcan para el resto de la vida. Esta historia está cruzada por mi quehacer como periodista disidente durante la dictadura. Fui testigo de episodios...

Un maestro de historiadores nos brinda la elocuente y personal autohistoria de su vida y sus ideas. Países, recuerdos, familia, amores y amigos, éxitos, libros, trabajos, casas... Ochenta y cinco años (los que tenía su autor cuando este libro se publicó originalmente) dan para mucho. El genio de Lukacs, el mismo que anima sus extraordinarias obras históricas, es saber condensar esta larga vida dedicada a la literatura y la historia en unas páginas breves, ligeras, en las que desgrana a la vez el relato de su vida y su profunda visión de la historia y del conocimiento.

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I became a father at fifteen. At my young age, I wanted to play at being an adult, and the responsibilities were coming day by day in my new chapter as a father. During my boy's first birthday, I had the opportunity, over dinner at my house, to tell my mother that I would soon marry Elizabeth. She took my hand and said, "You two are too young to take such a huge step. Life is just beginning for both of you, and you still have a very long way to go and meet many more people." Regardless of her words that night, my decision to continue with the civil wedding remained solid, and a couple of...