Por alto que este el cielo en el mundo
Tuesday, 14. November 2006, 22:26:54
One of the books that you're supposed to read in your SEP jr. high curriculum is José Emilio Pacheco's "Battles in the Desert". I didn't read it, but this wasn't because I didn't want to, but because my jr. high was UNAM.
Just like other books, this one fell in my hands several years after I had finished jr. high and I read it. This one tells the story of Carlos, son of a middle class MX city family who falls in love with Mariana, the mother of his best friend Jim, who is the son of a military man.
When we are young we fall for people we think are pretty or call our attention, we don't usually pay attention to other facts. This is the case of Carlos, he falls in love with Mariana because he is dazzled by her. He needs to know if Mariana loves him back so he confesses his love to her, but she, very politely deals with the situation and explains to Carlos why it couldn't be love. He never gets to see Mariana again.
This book is very popular, it was made a movie (which I haven't seen) and there is a Café Tacuba's song called "Las Batallas" which also includes a snippet of the song Obsesión by Pedro Flores that is referenced in the book.
Just like other books, this one fell in my hands several years after I had finished jr. high and I read it. This one tells the story of Carlos, son of a middle class MX city family who falls in love with Mariana, the mother of his best friend Jim, who is the son of a military man.
When we are young we fall for people we think are pretty or call our attention, we don't usually pay attention to other facts. This is the case of Carlos, he falls in love with Mariana because he is dazzled by her. He needs to know if Mariana loves him back so he confesses his love to her, but she, very politely deals with the situation and explains to Carlos why it couldn't be love. He never gets to see Mariana again.
This book is very popular, it was made a movie (which I haven't seen) and there is a Café Tacuba's song called "Las Batallas" which also includes a snippet of the song Obsesión by Pedro Flores that is referenced in the book.
Oye Carlos ¿porqué tuviste
que salirte de la escuela ésta mañana?
Oye Carlos ¿porqué tuviste
que decirle que la amabas a Mariana?
En la escuela se corrió en rumor
y en tu clase todo el mundo se enteró.
WIDGETIZE
Eric Rodríguez Ruiz # 17. November 2006, 02:00
"Las Batallas en el Desierto" was the book that I've read the fastest, 1 hour and 22 minutes, and that was because I skipped a lesson while I was at the high school and, having nothing else to do, I dropped into the library in order to get a little nap, suddenly I discovered that book lying in the table, so I decided to start reading it... when I realized that I had been reading it for 50 minutes (the lenght of a class) but I was really interested in the plot, so I decided to skip the other lesson (curiously, english lesson.. that's why...).