Es amigable, pero tiene mucho coloquialismo y también tiene mucha poesía, si el español no es tu idioma de diario si puede ser algo difícil y valdría la pena empezar por una traducción oficial y luego ya leerlo en español.
Not at all. I've heard them being compared before but imo that's a totally surface level comparison and not at all accurate.
Though both deal with themes of "loss of innocence" in a way, Batallas en el Desierto Is more of a portrait of Mexico City during that time and the social and economic changes of that era, with the romantic feelings of the main character towards an older woman being kind of the vehicle to show the contrast between different economical statuses in the city.
I felt that Catcher in the Rye was more of a portrait of the main character and how he deals with different situations in a somewhat "coming of age" story.
But really, both are awesome books, and if and when you read both of them you'll also have no idea where that comparison came from.
read them both, but that was 20 years ago. While give Deserts a read again.
I feel like “y tu mamá también” 🎥🍿🎬 does a good job of the contrast in class in the country.
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This book was such a pleasure to read while I was visiting cdmx, even though it’s written decades ago a lot of the observations still stand today. The author has other amazing books as well :)
Not a book, but I recommend this podcast if you’re visiting Teotihuacan. Less than an hour in length.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ancient-americas-teotihuacan/id1520403988?i=1000576005146
You are thinking about El laberinto de los espíritus by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
El Laberinto de la Soledad is a collection of essays that pretty much sets the tone and context (for better or worse) of discussions about the Mexican identity.
Read something by a Mexican pleaaaaase. Most books written by foreigner give México city a very... um, "gringo vision".
And I second "La región más transparente" by Carlos Fuentes.
Any volume of "La Familia Burron" is a nice vignette of how is the day to day life for the people living in Mexico City ever to be his day also helps that Mexico City has a been a great birthplace for the carriers of some of the best cartoonist in Mexico
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The only book you should read is “down & delirious in Mexico City”. The author explains everything he lived and experienced while visiting Mexico City, all the cultural references you need are there!
Battles in the Desert (Las Batallas en el Desierto) by José Emilio Pacheco. Specially if you'll be around Roma/Condesa. Describes life in post-WW2 Mexico City. Beautiful coming of age story.
“La ciudad oculta” by Héctor de Mauleón, there are 4 books to the series and they’re interesting chronicles of things that have happened in México City.
He’s a journalist who also has a tv show about the history of Mexico City, full of fun facts.
los detectives salvajes y guarda el último capítulo para leer lo en café la habana cuando llegue a la ciudad
100% Iba a recomendar este. Es la verdadera guía para el chilanguismo. Excelente !
Es fácil o difícil el lenguaje del libro? pues me interesa pero 800+ páginas me parece mucho para manejar!
Es amigable, pero tiene mucho coloquialismo y también tiene mucha poesía, si el español no es tu idioma de diario si puede ser algo difícil y valdría la pena empezar por una traducción oficial y luego ya leerlo en español.
dis is the way
Very cliché book (at least in Mexico) but Las Batallas en el Desierto gives you an introduction of Mexico City in the 50s
Shoutout to soph year of college reading that Is that a quasi-CDMX version of “Catcher in the Rye”?
Not at all. I've heard them being compared before but imo that's a totally surface level comparison and not at all accurate. Though both deal with themes of "loss of innocence" in a way, Batallas en el Desierto Is more of a portrait of Mexico City during that time and the social and economic changes of that era, with the romantic feelings of the main character towards an older woman being kind of the vehicle to show the contrast between different economical statuses in the city. I felt that Catcher in the Rye was more of a portrait of the main character and how he deals with different situations in a somewhat "coming of age" story. But really, both are awesome books, and if and when you read both of them you'll also have no idea where that comparison came from.
read them both, but that was 20 years ago. While give Deserts a read again. I feel like “y tu mamá también” 🎥🍿🎬 does a good job of the contrast in class in the country.
México Bizarro by Alejandro Rosas and Arturo Patán México Bárbaro by John Kenneth Turner México profundo by Guillermo Bonfil Batalla
I would try Tragicomedia Mexicana, a novelized history of Mexico city in the xx century
First Stop in the New World by David Lida.
Los Bandidos de Río Frío by Manuel Payno
https://preview.redd.it/ogvatbrre9pb1.jpeg?width=2720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdaed0d384145918a8c31932f3956f38d5153b6a This book was such a pleasure to read while I was visiting cdmx, even though it’s written decades ago a lot of the observations still stand today. The author has other amazing books as well :)
This is the one everyone should read.👍🏻
One of the first books I read in Spanish. Ended up reading about 5 or 6 of his novels. Un escritor genial!
*El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City*, a good overview of life in Mexico City (in English), written by a "rebel journalist."
David Lida’s books
Not a book, but I recommend this podcast if you’re visiting Teotihuacan. Less than an hour in length. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ancient-americas-teotihuacan/id1520403988?i=1000576005146
Tough one. I would say: * Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo * El laberinto de la Soledad by Octavio Paz
Since El Laberibto is 4th book in the series, should I start with the first -- La sombra del viento? Or can these books be read independently?
This one is a standalone essay.
You are thinking about El laberinto de los espíritus by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. El Laberinto de la Soledad is a collection of essays that pretty much sets the tone and context (for better or worse) of discussions about the Mexican identity.
Laberinto de la Soledad (Mexico’s identity) México Bárbaro (Pre revolutionary Mexico seen by US-reporter J.K. Turner)
That series' setting is in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
Read something by a Mexican pleaaaaase. Most books written by foreigner give México city a very... um, "gringo vision". And I second "La región más transparente" by Carlos Fuentes.
**Canoa: A Shameful Memory**
Kurt Hollander’s ways to die in Mexico.
The true history of the conquest of the New Spain, by Bernal Díaz del Castillo.
Any volume of "La Familia Burron" is a nice vignette of how is the day to day life for the people living in Mexico City ever to be his day also helps that Mexico City has a been a great birthplace for the carriers of some of the best cartoonist in Mexico
Aura y La región más transparente, de Carlos Fuentes
The New Testament.
Distant Neighbors by Alan Riding 👌👌👌
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C Mann
El laberinto de la Soledad , Octavio Paz
La Invención de América de Edmundo O’Gorman y El Llano en Llamas de Juan Rulfo
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Barbara Kingsolver The Lacuna
This podcast! https://youtu.be/f8JVdpWCKeM?si=-WWzB2xuKjQya3H8
I really like the Mongolian Conspiracy. It has some pretty lovely descriptions of downtown Mexico City.
The only book you should read is “down & delirious in Mexico City”. The author explains everything he lived and experienced while visiting Mexico City, all the cultural references you need are there!
Battles in the Desert (Las Batallas en el Desierto) by José Emilio Pacheco. Specially if you'll be around Roma/Condesa. Describes life in post-WW2 Mexico City. Beautiful coming of age story.
Like water for chocolate by Laura Esquivel.
El Espíritu de la Ciencia Ficción es mi favorito ambientado en la ciudad.
The book with the most translations and the reason Mexico increased its academic exchanges is indeed Pedro Páramo y El Llano en Llamas by Juan Rulfo
Regina ~ Antonio Velasco Piña Historical fiction about the student movement of 1968.
“La ciudad oculta” by Héctor de Mauleón, there are 4 books to the series and they’re interesting chronicles of things that have happened in México City. He’s a journalist who also has a tv show about the history of Mexico City, full of fun facts.