tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post6171688207023416933..comments2024-01-02T15:37:04.858-05:00Comments on Caravana de recuerdos: Mexicanos perdidos en México (2016)Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-24020770101672454542016-04-01T08:48:44.581-04:002016-04-01T08:48:44.581-04:00And another Ibargüengoitia - Dos crímenes (Two Cri...And another Ibargüengoitia - Dos crímenes (Two Crimes) tis time.<br />Blog: http://www.themodernnovelblog.com/2016/04/01/jorge-ibarguengoitia-dos-crimenes-two-crimes/<br />Website: http://www.themodernnovel.org/americas/latin-america/mexico/jorge-ibarguengoitia/two-crimes/Johnhttp://themodernnovel.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-31298629101201731842016-03-28T00:14:09.107-04:002016-03-28T00:14:09.107-04:00Thanks, John--will happily incl. your review in th...Thanks, John--will happily incl. your review in the next links round-up!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-79407987320883277972016-03-26T16:07:37.662-04:002016-03-26T16:07:37.662-04:00Links to review on Jorge Ibargüengoitia: Los relám...Links to review on Jorge Ibargüengoitia: Los relámpagos de agosto (The Lightning of August):<br />http://www.themodernnovel.org/americas/latin-america/mexico/jorge-ibarguengoitia/the-lightning-of-august/<br />Blog post: http://www.themodernnovelblog.com/2016/03/26/jorge-ibarguengoitia-los-relampagos-de-agosto-the-lightning-of-august/Johnhttp://themodernnovel.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-28878369213179702652016-03-21T20:23:05.130-04:002016-03-21T20:23:05.130-04:00No worries! Will update you in a second, John. C...No worries! Will update you in a second, John. Cheers!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-8352395560682829572016-03-20T11:08:03.854-04:002016-03-20T11:08:03.854-04:00Sorry. should have answered earlier. My first nam...Sorry. should have answered earlier. My first name is John.The Modern Novelhttp://themodernnovel.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-41993156234814520152016-03-16T22:57:43.719-04:002016-03-16T22:57:43.719-04:00No worries, Jacqui, but "shame on you" f...No worries, Jacqui, but "shame on you" for not stockpiling multiple Mexican titles in unwitting anticipation of this event! I haven't talked to Stu yet about Spanish Lit Month this year, but it would be nice if we could all do that again. Thanks for the reminder. Cheers!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-71478410355976646082016-03-12T02:59:00.745-05:002016-03-12T02:59:00.745-05:00I think I'll have to pass on this one, Richard...I think I'll have to pass on this one, Richard. Would you believe I have nothing from Mexico on my 'to be read' shelves! Plenty of books from Spain and a few from South America, but nothing from Mexico. Oh, well...I'll have to wait for Spanish Lit Month in July (assuming that's happening this year). JacquiWinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220597283351925721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-46946419889284894892016-03-06T20:31:08.163-05:002016-03-06T20:31:08.163-05:00Awesome, glad to have you join us! Will list you ...Awesome, glad to have you join us! Will list you as TMN unless you care to relinquish your anonymity with a first name. I hope to get to Ibargüengoitia some day, so I'll look forward to seeing which one by him you review. Thanks, too, for recommending <em>Under the Volcano</em> so strongly; I really should try to get to that this year. Cheers!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-44534296240917238162016-03-05T17:28:32.158-05:002016-03-05T17:28:32.158-05:00Yes, I certainly recommend Under the Volcano - a b...Yes, I certainly recommend Under the Volcano - a brilliant book and certainly more Mexican than English. And, as you kindly mentioned my blog post, sign me up as a perdido - Ibargüengoitia for me, once I have finished my Japanese thing.The Modern Novelhttp://themodernnovel.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-10379244614146265142016-02-27T00:04:40.469-05:002016-02-27T00:04:40.469-05:00I'd make an exception for Under the Volcano fo...I'd make an exception for <em>Under the Volcano</em> for a couple of reasons, the principal one being that Lowry also lived in Mexico for a while. My second reason is a little more ethically suspect--I've yet to read the novel even though I've been meaning to for about the last half dozen years! Do you recommend it?Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-59877107762243208342016-02-25T17:14:19.292-05:002016-02-25T17:14:19.292-05:00So if Bolaño counts, does Under the Volcano, the m...So if Bolaño counts, does Under the Volcano, the most Mexican English novel?The Modern Novelhttp://themodernnovel.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-10201644937928996832016-02-19T12:41:27.160-05:002016-02-19T12:41:27.160-05:00It'd be cool to have you join us, Séamus, but ...It'd be cool to have you join us, Séamus, but I get it, no pressure/worries. I would be interested in hearing if you enjoyed Rulfo's short stories as much as <em>Pedro Páramo</em>, though. Both works are such a fine complement to each other, no? Cheers!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-15718139163842240642016-02-19T12:38:05.882-05:002016-02-19T12:38:05.882-05:00Ha ha. Great book. Glad to have your company, Sc...Ha ha. Great book. Glad to have your company, Scott!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-55320086277835576832016-02-19T03:15:13.201-05:002016-02-19T03:15:13.201-05:00This sounds like fun Richard but as I still haven&...This sounds like fun Richard but as I still haven't managed to finish any of my 'Doom' posts I'm not promising anything, although I read The Plain in Flames and it deserves a post... Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-15554768945086785852016-02-18T13:12:06.970-05:002016-02-18T13:12:06.970-05:00I just got a copy of Pedro Páramo, so apparently I...I just got a copy of <i>Pedro Páramo</i>, so apparently I'm in, un gringo no mas.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-44438340296218052832016-02-11T20:49:19.229-05:002016-02-11T20:49:19.229-05:00Your Alfonso Reyes question also mystifies me, Sco...Your Alfonso Reyes question also mystifies me, Scott, but I think it might have something to do with his genre choices and his forerunner status. Two wild guesses. Very glad to hear you're in for this, though, and I look forward to seeing which of those three-plus eligible titles makes your cut.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-23439601231631117552016-02-11T20:44:45.847-05:002016-02-11T20:44:45.847-05:00"Mexican books lying about by writers no one&...<em>"Mexican books lying about by writers no one's ever heard of"</em>? You're singing my song now, Obooki! I don't know the reason for the general neglect of Mexican literature in translation that you touch on, but I tend to agree with you on that count with the caveat that a few younger writers like Valeria Luiselli seem to be getting a lot of attention of late on some of the blogs I follow. Anyway, very much looking forward to your choices.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-87382320315638852452016-02-11T20:31:41.609-05:002016-02-11T20:31:41.609-05:00It would be great to have your company for a Rulfo...It would be great to have your company for a Rulfo or whatever, Tom, but let me add that Rulfo is so, so good. I should go ahead and reread <em>Pedro Páramo</em> one of these days. Didn't know that you had read that Mariano Azuela novel. I have fond memories of it, but I remember it being pretty strong stuff in places.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-44442807605851159392016-02-11T20:21:07.951-05:002016-02-11T20:21:07.951-05:00I won't count you in until you get a chance to...I won't count you in until you get a chance to try your luck with an anthology or two, Rise, but it'd be great to have your company. Fortunately or not, I have some titles for this event that I've been hoarding since before 2010. Talk about the need for a book-buying ban!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-89895656815902899272016-02-11T18:43:36.215-05:002016-02-11T18:43:36.215-05:00Well okay then, sure. I have at least three Mexica...Well okay then, sure. I have at least three Mexican works sitting unread on my shelves at this moment, so this provides a good reason to get to them. Not among them, but I'd rather like to get to Alfonso Reyes one of these days. Why is so little of his work available in English?seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-49632550991505831922016-02-11T15:24:24.329-05:002016-02-11T15:24:24.329-05:00Great, I've got lots of Mexican books lying ab...Great, I've got lots of Mexican books lying about by writers no one's ever heard of, and maybe I can summon the interest in finally finishing del Paso's News from the Empire. Mexican literature always strikes me as particularly unfairly neglected, even within Latin American literature - at least, from an Anglophone point of view. I remember reading an essay once which suggested the reason why Mexican literature didn't do so well outside Mexico was that it was very much obsessed with Mexico (just as US lit is meant to be obsessed with the US, but in the case of the US, there is such saturation that outsiders don't feel any cultural barrier); - but maybe all countries feel this.obookihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03885121629202810216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-3263941649553831722016-02-11T09:40:05.058-05:002016-02-11T09:40:05.058-05:00The last great Mexican book I read is the one I wo...The last great Mexican book I read is the one I would read for for the Challenge if I had not recently read it - Mariano Azuela's <i>Underdogs</i> (1915).<br /><br />Maybe I should read Juan Rulfo.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-9525505440406842872016-02-11T06:20:26.454-05:002016-02-11T06:20:26.454-05:00This is surprisingly difficult for me. I don't...This is surprisingly difficult for me. I don't have an eligible title except for an obscure book. I'll go look at an anthology. I'm sure there's a Mexican piece there. Currently on self-regimented book buying mode. Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.com