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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Bestiary, by Juan José Arreola

Prose.

Arreola is magnificent. In this Bestiary he introduces to us different kinds of animals with his immaculate prose. The description is exquisite. Sometimes it becomes anthropomorphic, but this is done with a brilliant subtlety. We find out that we, humans, are the animals that he describes. Or, is it that we have at least part of their nature and behavior?

I like The Owl, epistemologist par excellence.

Alan

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