The novel “The Old Gringo” to me is like a lesson. Moreover, I think it is a lesson for all Ambrose Bierce, Harriet Winslow and Tomas Arroyo. All three escaped the reality, and converegd in the Hacienda, with the hope to find what they actually want in their not-so-pleasant life. To answer Dr.Beasley-Murray’s question in […]
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Louis Aragon’s Paris Peasant, at first glance, presents a deceiving title. On the surface it rings true: the main character is a middle class Parisian, a wanderer who is afforded the luxury to observe social institutions, characters and machinations, rarely without comment. Yet when peeling back the many layered onion that is the surrealist novel, […]
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