I've been to the two Poniatowska events and I'm still processing them...wanted so much to write a review of them. Much simpler, less profound than I thought. Don't want to rush out and read everything she's written, but found it easy to listen to her. Perhaps it was the comment, directed toward aspiring writers of fiction, that talking to prisoners would provide them the best ideas and material for their stories. I can see why that could be true, but found it very off-putting in its exploitative nature and it would have been more offensive, I guess, coming from someone male or younger or both. She's a sweet, smart lady, who plays apolitical and at times resorts to Josephine Ludmer's tretas del débil.
Meanwhile, behind in my reading of La familia de Pascual Duarte and it is quite true that the violence and cruelty that pervade this novela tremendista are principal reasons for that. I'm absolutely dreading seeing the film adaptation. Since this novel uses the "found manuscript" technique, I cite several opening sentences.
libros206imagen1.jpgDedicatoria del cabrón que tendría que ser Cela, "Dedico esta edición a mis enemigos, que tanto me han ayudado en mi carrera." (I dedicate this edition to my enemies, who have helped my career so much.") y las primeras frases de las primeras partes. De la "Nota del transcriptor" - "Me parece que ha llegado al ocasión de dar a la imprenta las memorias de Pascual Duarte" (15). De la "cláusula del testamento..." - "Cuarta: Ordeno que el paquete de papeles que hay en el cajón de mi mesa de escribir, atado con bramante y rotulado en lápiz rojo diciendo: Pascual Duarte, sea dado a las llamas sin leerlo, y sin demora alguna, por disolvente y contrario a las buenas costumbres" (21). Y de la narración del protagonista, la dedicatoria, "A la memoria del insigne patricio don Jesús González de la Riva, Conde de Torremejía, quien al irlo a rematar el autor de este escrito, le llamó Pascualillo y sonreía." (23). y las palabras que afirman a la vez que contradicen la dedicatoria, y análisis del personaje protagónico "Yo, señor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltan motivos para serlo." (25)
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