Latin American Gothic in Literature and Culture by Casanova-Vizcaíno Sandra Ordiz Inés

Author:Casanova-Vizcaíno, Sandra,Ordiz, Inés
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CAM)
Published: 2018-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

[This morning, Calédu bludgeoned several peasants. He’s furious. I watched the whole scene from behind my shutters. Other eyes in the neighborhood were spying too. I saw curtains moved by trembling hands, eyes glowing behind other blinds; I heard whispering to the right, to the left, and piercing the whispering almost at regular intervals, Calédu’s swearing, the peasants’ cries of pain and protests: they went on strike against M. Long to demand a better price for their wood. In response M. Long unloaded an electric saw from the boat docked in the harbor for the past two hours, and the commandant made the peasants haul it themselves. It was taking too much time to chop the trees down with axes, and M. Long was in a hurry to buy all of the mountain wood at the price he had fixed. One of the peasants kept talking despite the blows:

“Don’t give in!” he yelled. “Hang on, and if I did, don’t forget you must stick together.”

He was taken to prison dying…

I clutch my doll against my chest. Alone in the dark, I gaze at the moon and attempt a smile. Desire is fading. I feel purified. I hear the church clock chime an hour. … My wrinkles deepen and my features wilt. Old age is coming soon. Oh, I want to live, to live before it’s too late!]

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