The Mangy Parrot: The Life And Times Of Periquillo Sarniento Written By Himself For His Children

, by Fernandez De Lizardi, Jose Joaquin; Frye, David L.; Vogeley, Nancy; Frye, David L.

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ISBN: 9780872206700 | 087220670X
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/30/2005

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David Frye's abridgement of his 2004 translation of "The Mangy Parrot" captures all of the narrative drive, literary innovations, and biting social commentary that established Lazardi's comic masterpiece as the 'Don Quixote" of Latin America.

Introduction

Translator's Note

xix

A Note on the Abridgment

xxi

Periquillo's parents, country, birth, and childhood

(5)

Entering school

(5)

Periquillo's third school, and his parents' argument

(1)

Periquillo's parents set him to study

(3)

In the school of arts

(3)

On the hacienda

(4)

The story of the hacienda continues

(3)

More adventures on the hacienda, and Periquillo's return

(4)

A conversation with his father

(5)

Periquillo resists learning a trade

(4)

Periquillo dons the friar's habit

(4)

The death of Periquillo's father

(5)

On mourning and funerals

(2)

Periquillo criticizes dances

(4)

Periquillo writes of his mother's death

(7)

Juan Largo persuades Periquillo to embark on a scoundrel's career

(9)

Periquillo's rewards as a gambler

(6)

Periquillo in the hospital; Januario induces him to become a thief

(5)

In prison

(5)

The notary, and Don Antonio's story

(4)

An obnoxious joke in jail, and Don Antonio concludes his story

(4)

El Aguilucho

(4)

Troubles in jail

(4)

How Periquillo got out of jail, and why he left the house of Chanfaina

101

(2)

The barber and the apothecary

103

(11)

Dr. Purgante, and adventures in Tula

114

(9)

More adventures in Tula, and the dispute with the priest

123

(1)

The conclusion to the priest's sermon, the plague, and how Periquillo left Tula

124

(3)

The frightful adventure of the potter, and the story of the man in rags

127

(7)

The jackpot

134

(8)

How Periquillo threw Luisa out of his house, and his marriage to Mariana

142

(5)

Luisa's fate, and a bloody adventure

147

(3)

From sexton to beggar

150

(6)

Periquillo and the Subdelegado

156

(8)

Periquillo's good fortune with the colonel; their embarkation for Manila

164

(1)

The egotist's adventure

165

(3)

Periquillo in Manila; the duel between an Englishman and a Black

168

(6)

Periquillo's discharge, and the death of the colonel

174

(2)

The shipwreck

176

(1)

Periquillo and the Chinese come to Mexico; passing as a count

177

(4)

How Periquillo left the house of the Chinese

181

(7)

Periquillo tries to hang himself; his escape from this capital

188

(7)

The gang of thieves

195

(3)

Adventures in the gang of thieves; the beginnings of his conversion

198

(5)

The retreat in La Profesa

203

(3)

Periquillo's conduct in San Agustin de las Cuevas

206

(4)

The adventure of the misanthrope, and the return of the man in rags

210

(1)

Periquillo's second marriage

211

(4)

His master's death; the departure of the Chinese; Periquillo's last illness

215

(8)

``The Thinker'' recounts the burial of Perico, and other matters that lead the reader by the hand to the end of this very truthful history

223

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The Mangy Parrot: The Life And Times Of Periquillo Sarniento Written By Himself For His Children

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