The Old Grigo.
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Publicado: 27 de abril de 2012
The Old Gringo
(born Nov. 11, 1928, Panama City, Pan.) Mexican writer and diplomat. The son of a Mexican career diplomat, he traveled widely beforestudying law and entering the diplomatic service. He is best known for his experimental novels. His first, Where the Air Is Clear (1958), a bitterindictment of Mexican society, won him national prestige. The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962), about the final hours of an unscrupulous former revolutionary, madehis international reputation. Among his later novels are Terra Nostra (1975), The Hydra Head (1978), The Old Gringo (1985), and The Years with Laura Daz(1999). The Buried Mirror (1992) is a long essay on Hispanic cultures
the "Old Gringo", wearing only a pair of his own books, a copy of Don Quixote, aclean shirt and a Colt .44, joins a group of Mexican rebels under General Tomas Arroyo. In turn, they encounter a young American schoolteacher namedHarriet Winslow, who is the guardian of the children of the wealthy landowner who illegally occupies the property of the Arroyo family. The three becomeentangled in a romantic triangle unlikely, which necessarily ends in tragedy.
the tutor entangled with conflicts arise with General Tomas Arroyo who endsup killing the gringo and then committing suicide, throughout this process, the gringo is always looking to die and in front of the battalions lookingfor death, which is not until he kills the general.
in this book can be seen, because they fought in the revolution, as he lived, the Adelitas, etc..
(born Nov. 11, 1928, Panama City, Pan.) Mexican writer and diplomat. The son of a Mexican career diplomat, he traveled widely beforestudying law and entering the diplomatic service. He is best known for his experimental novels. His first, Where the Air Is Clear (1958), a bitterindictment of Mexican society, won him national prestige. The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962), about the final hours of an unscrupulous former revolutionary, madehis international reputation. Among his later novels are Terra Nostra (1975), The Hydra Head (1978), The Old Gringo (1985), and The Years with Laura Daz(1999). The Buried Mirror (1992) is a long essay on Hispanic cultures
the "Old Gringo", wearing only a pair of his own books, a copy of Don Quixote, aclean shirt and a Colt .44, joins a group of Mexican rebels under General Tomas Arroyo. In turn, they encounter a young American schoolteacher namedHarriet Winslow, who is the guardian of the children of the wealthy landowner who illegally occupies the property of the Arroyo family. The three becomeentangled in a romantic triangle unlikely, which necessarily ends in tragedy.
the tutor entangled with conflicts arise with General Tomas Arroyo who endsup killing the gringo and then committing suicide, throughout this process, the gringo is always looking to die and in front of the battalions lookingfor death, which is not until he kills the general.
in this book can be seen, because they fought in the revolution, as he lived, the Adelitas, etc..
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