The Eyes of the Interred by Miguel Ángel Asturias

Author:Miguel Ángel Asturias [Asturias, Miguel Ángel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Historical, General, Political
ISBN: 9780440023784
Google: _ZsNAAAAIAAJ
Amazon: 0440023785
Publisher: Cape
Published: 1973-06-01T16:00:00+00:00

… On the broad, flat plains of the sea,

the sea,

watch the submarines pass on the lee,

the lee ….

Song, sing-song, a simple call. A song for those who were in on things and knew what those words sung to the tune of La Marina meant (Japanese, German, Russian submarines endangering the Panama Canal every time there was talk of raising wages on the banana plantations, giving humane treatment to the workers, or sovereign treatment to nations ) . A sing-song for those who were annoyed at hearing adult people repeating the same jingle like idiots or children. And a simple call for those who compared it to the lowly and animal outburst of the cock’s crow, the donkey’s bray, the horse’s whinny, the bleating of a sheep …

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