Mexico

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Can't remember where I got my copy, but it's a battered one of this old Penguin.

 

[luka]

I couldnt get into it. Maybe 1 day. It is a great cover

 

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I couldnt get into it. Maybe 1 day. It is a great cover

Someone's done one of those sites for it like Finnegans Wake and The Cantos.

The Malcolm Lowry Project: Under the Volcano

 

[IdleRich]

I couldnt get into it. Maybe 1 day. It is a great cover

It is a difficult book

 

[version]

It is a difficult book

Too difficult for Luke.

 

[IdleRich]

Yeah I'd say so. All that stuff about NIMBYs etc

 

[luka]

Prose style is turgid

 

[IdleRich]

Prose style is turgid

No you did some good stuff in the country/city thread.

 

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'Con permiso.' Dr. Vigil conjured a flaring lighter out of his pocket so swiftly it seemed it must have been already ignited there, that he had drawn a flame out of himself, the gesture and the igniting one movement;

 

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Black clouds plunged up to the south. The sun poured molten glass on the fields.

 

[Benny Bunter]

Someone did a new English translation recently, think mine's an earlier one. Are you reading it in Spanish?

If this article is anything to go by, your translation might be a bit shit, might be worth getting the new one.

A Masterpiece That Inspired Gabriel García Márquez to Write His Own (Published 2023)

For decades, Juan Rulfo’s novel, “Pedro Páramo,” has cast an uncanny spell on writers. A new translation may bring it broader appeal.

www.nytimes.com

 

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Hunting among Stones

Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

www.poetryfoundation.org

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For six months, Olson spent his days practicing his DIY archaeology “in the field, away from people, working around stones in the sun, putting my hands in to the dust and fragments and pieces.” He unearthed potsherds, a carved thighbone, and the head of an owl idol. According to Olson biographer Tom Clark, Olson kept the owl head at his writing desk, and eventually used the artifact to stash his drugs.