Cities of the Plain (Border Trilogy)

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Il fatto che non abbiamo il potere di intuirlo prima che accada non lo rende meno certo e determinato.

Gathered around Parham and Cole at the ranch is a collection of drifters and aging cowboys, each with a history and a story to tell.Imparare a raccontare la propria storia è salvarsi dalla dimenticanza, dalla finitudine della morte e guadagnare uno statuto di immortalità.

As for Eduardo, who claims to speak for Mexico as against the overweening north, the less said about his sleek and oily head and his silk shirt, the better. To the North lie the proving grounds of Alamogordo; to the South, the twin cities of El Paso and Juarez, Mexico. However, Billy survives the meeting with the man and finds shelter and a new life with a family who takes him in.He initiates scenes in which the identification of the main character is only provided through their characteristics. The plot revolves around John Grady’s romantic interest in Magdalena, a sixteen-year-old Mexican prostitute. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good book for many reasons but I feel the trilogy never quite succeded in equalling the first story. A landmark in American literature' - GuardianWith an introduction from Rachel Kushner, author of The Mars Room. From a regional perspective, the study shows that the rise and fall of urbanism itself did not necessarily cause complete socio-political disruption, but rather reflect changes in regional and supra-regional political organisation.

And perhaps most poignant, they share with these strange Americans their philosophies of life and death.When John Grady falls in love, Billy agrees–against his better judgment–to help him rescue the girl from her suavely brutal pimp. The result of this style of writing is the feeling that I had imagined this story as opposed to ever having read it. The Mexican responds formally, elegantly, with patience, about the disconnect between reality and the dream, and the hopeless logic of trying to gather how one can dream of another dreaming and still give the story a logic that has some consistency with reality.