Recollections of Things to Come

Garro Elena Simms Ruth L.

ISBN 10: 0292770065 / ISBN 13: 9780292770065

Published by University of Texas Press, 1969

About this Item

pp. 300 2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Recollections of Things to Come
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0292770065
• ISBN 13: 9780292770065
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Beltrán, Alberto
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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."

About the Author

Elena Garro (1916–1998) was a Mexican writer and recipient of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.

Ruth L. C. Simms (1921–2018) was a Spanish language translator who introduced many Latin American authors to English-reading audiences.