Una Luz en el Desierto

Asociada con la pereza y la ociosidad, la siesta contraviene uno de los principios fundamentales del mundo moderno: la pulsión productiva. En los últimos años, sin embargo, este hábito se ha transformado en una herramienta central de la productividad, una rutina saludable, un imperativo del bienestar, e incluso una práctica cool, vendible y consumible. Frente a esa capitalización del sueño, este libro, a medio camino entre el ensayo y la memoria, defiende la siesta como un arte de la interrupción. Un evento excesivo capaz de frenar y transformar el ritmo desbocado del presente.

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