Recollections of Things to Come
Recollections of Things to Come by Elena Garro, translated by Ruth L. C. Simms
English | January 1, 1969 | ISBN: 0292770065 | EPUB | 299 pages | 2 MB
English | January 1, 1969 | ISBN: 0292770065 | EPUB | 299 pages | 2 MB
This remarkable first novel depicts life in the small Mexican town of Ixtepec during the grim days of the Revolution. The town tells its own story against a variegated background of political change, religious persecution, and social unrest. Elena Garro, who has also won a high reputation as a playwright, is a masterly storyteller. Although her plot is dramatically intense and suspenseful, the novel does not depend for its effectiveness on narrative continuity.
It is a book of episodes, one that leaves the reader with a series of vivid impressions. The colors are bright, the smells pungent, the many characters clearly drawn in a few bold strokes. Octavio Paz, the distinguished poet and critic, has written that it "is truly an extraordinnary work, one of the most perfect creations in contemporary Latin American literature."