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Description:Jesus Gardea, northern Mexico's most influential author, is a writer of the llanos -- the parched flatlands of northern Mexico -- and the eerie stillness of this landscape infuses the twenty-five stories in this major retrospective of his work.Gardea's is a world of wind and sun, scorching summers and frigid winters, small towns and lonely houses, empty horizons. It is a harsh, violent world, in which solitary individuals struggle against unforgiving elements and human violence.Occasionally strong bonds form, only to be severed. In one story, two men get together to look at geography magazines and debate the grandeur of things they have never seen. One fancies the immensity of the sea. "There are many kinds of immensity", the other replies, dreaming of forests, which, for him, become an enchantment. He travels to the United States, sends his friend a letter: "Today I bought a pistols and some bullets.... I shouldn't die anywhere but in the forest". From Gardea's claustrophobic landscape, as from life itself, escape may come only through death.Gardea's characters live in an existential world in which the cruelties of chance are the condition of life. Often pursuing absurd activities -- moving an unclaimed dresser in a rowboat, clearing a patch of land that nobody wants -- they could take as their motto Beckett's "I can't go on, I'll go on". But Gardea's taut tales gain strength and power from the unique world in which they are set, the austere world of Mexico's northern plains.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Stripping Away the Sorrows from This World. To get started finding Stripping Away the Sorrows from This World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Jesus Gardea, northern Mexico's most influential author, is a writer of the llanos -- the parched flatlands of northern Mexico -- and the eerie stillness of this landscape infuses the twenty-five stories in this major retrospective of his work.Gardea's is a world of wind and sun, scorching summers and frigid winters, small towns and lonely houses, empty horizons. It is a harsh, violent world, in which solitary individuals struggle against unforgiving elements and human violence.Occasionally strong bonds form, only to be severed. In one story, two men get together to look at geography magazines and debate the grandeur of things they have never seen. One fancies the immensity of the sea. "There are many kinds of immensity", the other replies, dreaming of forests, which, for him, become an enchantment. He travels to the United States, sends his friend a letter: "Today I bought a pistols and some bullets.... I shouldn't die anywhere but in the forest". From Gardea's claustrophobic landscape, as from life itself, escape may come only through death.Gardea's characters live in an existential world in which the cruelties of chance are the condition of life. Often pursuing absurd activities -- moving an unclaimed dresser in a rowboat, clearing a patch of land that nobody wants -- they could take as their motto Beckett's "I can't go on, I'll go on". But Gardea's taut tales gain strength and power from the unique world in which they are set, the austere world of Mexico's northern plains.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Stripping Away the Sorrows from This World. To get started finding Stripping Away the Sorrows from This World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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