Usos rudimentarios de la selva / Primitive Customs of the Jungle
, by Soler, Jordi
- ISBN: 9786073163651 | 6073163657
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/21/2018
Así eran las cosas en la selva. Ahí todo se ganaba o se perdía por la fuerza.
En la plantación de café La Portuguesa, situada en la selva de Veracruz, en México, una familia española intenta salir adelante en un ambiente hostil, continuamente asediada por bandidos, guerrilleros, políticos corruptos o por los mismos otomíes, los habitantes originales de la región, que sienten a los de la finca como invasores de sus tierras.
Este relato en doce cuadros nos muestra la vida desbocada, sensual y mágica de la selva, con lluvias torrenciales y un calor imposible, siempre al borde del asalto, del motín, de la revolución y del desastre. Donde un día el narrador se eleva en un globo aerostático fabricado por el caporal, asistimos al despertar de la sexualidad de un niño o a la aparición de un elefante abandonado por un circo que acaba siendo parte de la familia. Jordi Soler narra con maestría en este libro un territorio con reglas propias, agreste y primitivo.
Un mundo regido por las fuerzas elementales de la naturaleza que ha llegado hasta hoy intacto, como una fuerza sorda que absorbe toda la luz.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
That’s how things worked in the jungle; everything there was either won or lost by force.
On the La Portuguesa plantation located in the jungles of Veracruz, Mexico, a Spanish family tries to live their lives and get ahead despite the hostile environment that they are forced to live under. The family was constantly being assaulted by bandits, guerrillas, corrupt politicians, or by the Otomies themselves, the natives of that region who felt that those who lived on the farm were intruders on their lands.
Divided in twelve parts, this story narrates the unrestrained, sensual, and magical life in the jungle, with torrential rains and an unbearable heat, always on the verge of an assault, riot, revolution, or disaster of some sort. It’s a story where one day the narrator flies on a hot air balloon and we witness the awakening of a child's sexuality, or the appearance of an elephant abandoned by a circus who then becomes part of the family. Jordi Soler masterfully narrates a territory with its own, rustic and primitive rules.
A world ruled by the basic forces of nature that has managed to survive unharmed, like a deaf force that absorbs all the light.
En la plantación de café La Portuguesa, situada en la selva de Veracruz, en México, una familia española intenta salir adelante en un ambiente hostil, continuamente asediada por bandidos, guerrilleros, políticos corruptos o por los mismos otomíes, los habitantes originales de la región, que sienten a los de la finca como invasores de sus tierras.
Este relato en doce cuadros nos muestra la vida desbocada, sensual y mágica de la selva, con lluvias torrenciales y un calor imposible, siempre al borde del asalto, del motín, de la revolución y del desastre. Donde un día el narrador se eleva en un globo aerostático fabricado por el caporal, asistimos al despertar de la sexualidad de un niño o a la aparición de un elefante abandonado por un circo que acaba siendo parte de la familia. Jordi Soler narra con maestría en este libro un territorio con reglas propias, agreste y primitivo.
Un mundo regido por las fuerzas elementales de la naturaleza que ha llegado hasta hoy intacto, como una fuerza sorda que absorbe toda la luz.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
That’s how things worked in the jungle; everything there was either won or lost by force.
On the La Portuguesa plantation located in the jungles of Veracruz, Mexico, a Spanish family tries to live their lives and get ahead despite the hostile environment that they are forced to live under. The family was constantly being assaulted by bandits, guerrillas, corrupt politicians, or by the Otomies themselves, the natives of that region who felt that those who lived on the farm were intruders on their lands.
Divided in twelve parts, this story narrates the unrestrained, sensual, and magical life in the jungle, with torrential rains and an unbearable heat, always on the verge of an assault, riot, revolution, or disaster of some sort. It’s a story where one day the narrator flies on a hot air balloon and we witness the awakening of a child's sexuality, or the appearance of an elephant abandoned by a circus who then becomes part of the family. Jordi Soler masterfully narrates a territory with its own, rustic and primitive rules.
A world ruled by the basic forces of nature that has managed to survive unharmed, like a deaf force that absorbs all the light.
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