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Old March 12, 2011, 11:39 AM
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Fuzzy lines-blurred reality

...his writing made fiction from the fuzzy lines of blurred reality.
...su escritura era narrativa producto de la enmarañdas líneas de la borrosa realidad.

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...su escritura hecha ficción de la líneas enmarañadas de la borrosa realidad. (Also realidad borrosa.)
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... su escritura hecha ficción de la líneas borrosas de la realidad enmarañada. (Also enmarañada realidad.)
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Old March 12, 2011, 01:55 PM
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... su escritura hecha ficción de la líneas borrosas de la enmarañada realidad.
Isn't 'fuzzy' means torcida, encrespada, enmarañada, and 'blurred' borrosa, desenfocada?

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...his writing made fiction from the fuzzy lines of blurred reality.
...su escritura era narrativa producto de la enmarañdas líneas de la borrosa realidad.

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My attempt:

...su escritura hecha ficción de la líneas enmarañadas de la borrosa realidad. (Also realidad borrosa.) (hence "borrosa reallidad)
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... su escritura hecha ficción de la líneas borrosas de la realidad enmarañada. (Also enmarañada realidad.)
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Doesn't 'fuzzy' means torcida, encrespada, enmarañada, and 'blurred' borrosa, desenfocada?

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Old March 12, 2011, 02:32 PM
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El texto original es muy fuzzy en mi opinión, y me suena que alguien de barba y anteojos, culto pero también algo culturoso, lo diría así:

"Su pluma plasmó ficciones emergidas de las caprichosos contornos de una realidad borrosa. Barfly, en la que Henry ‘Hank’ Chinaski es un aspirante a escritor dado a la bebida, es una reflexión sobre el período en..."
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El texto original es muy fuzzy en mi opinión, y me suena que alguien de barba y anteojos, culto pero también algo culturoso, lo diría así:

"Su pluma plasmó ficciones emergidas de las caprichosos contornos de una realidad borrosa. Barfly, en la que Henry ‘Hank’ Chinaski es un aspirante a escritor dado a la bebida, es una reflexión sobre el período en..."


Es que seguramente algo así leyó Chinaski-Bukowski durante una crisis creativa, lo que le devolvió el alma y continuó a escribir con mayor confianza en si mismo.
Lo puedes encontrar en Factotum.
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Es que seguramente algo así leyó Chinaski-Bukowski durante una crisis creativa, lo que le devolvió el alma y continuó a escribir con mayor confianza en si mismo.
Lo puedes encontrar en Factotum.
Miraré la película. Matt Dillon tiene el physique du rôle para hacer de Chinaski. Seguro que me voy a sentir muy identificado, especialmente en eso de vivir una existencia difícil rodeado de gente predecible.

Y como dice la patraña de la vieja fardida, no hay palabra mala si por mala no es tenida.
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Miraré la película. Matt Dillon tiene el physique du rôle para hacer de Chinaski. Seguro que me voy a sentir muy identificado, especialmente en eso de vivir una existencia difícil rodeado de gente predecible.

Y como dice lapatraña de la viejafardida, no hay palabra mala si por mala no es tenida.
Para mi gusto, he preferido Chinaski-Mickey Rourke en Barfly.
Las buenas intenciones de los actores para encarnar Chinaski son apreciadas pero limitadas. Chinaski es Chinaski en mi mente y en MHO

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