
NOTA DEL TRANSCRIPTOR:
DELPLATA AL NIÁGARA
A Carlos Pellegrini
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A wandering librarian chronicles his passage from the bustling ports of the Río de la Plata to the mist‑shrouded falls of Niagara, stitching together vivid impressions of distant towns, restless travelers, and the raw power of the landscape. His notes, taken on the spur of the moment, capture the clamor of Buenos Aires, the quiet of the plains, and the awe‑inspiring roar of the waterfalls, while also introducing a cast of curious characters whose brief encounters leave lingering questions. The narrative breathes life into the geography, offering listeners a sense of movement that mirrors the rattling wheels of a late‑nineteenth‑century train.
Interwoven with the travelogue is a heartfelt meditation on the nature of books, memory, and the inevitable fade of even the most celebrated ideas. The author ponders how libraries become both tombs and repositories, how each generation overwrites the last, and how the act of writing itself is both a rebellion against oblivion and an intimate dialogue with the self. This blend of observation and philosophy invites the ear to linger on the subtle interplay between external discovery and internal contemplation.
Language
es
Duration
~14 hours (840K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Giovanni Fini, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2015-07-06
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1848–1929
A French-born man of letters who made his life in Argentina, he became known for sharp criticism, historical writing, and decades of work at the National Library. His career helped shape Argentine literary and intellectual life at the turn of the twentieth century.
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