The departure of two great writers and intellectuals join us in sorrow, but also reminds us that the works he wrote are indestructible.
's death, and painful, is untimely and leaves many loose ends. When leaving this life is a writer, his readers will feel abandoned and invaded by a series of feelings of guilt, among which remorse for not having read all his books.
In the case of José Saramago and Carlos Monsivais, the sadness comes from the fact of having no more among us who were somehow the moral conscience of his time. The first never stopped being a communist in a world that seemed rather to be an anachronism. As such, Saramago fought a series of powers, including the Church. The second, from a separate, distinguished himself as a chronicler of the everyday life of Mexican art and popular characters, as well as for his fierce criticism against abuse of power. According to the poet José Emilio Pacheco, was the only writer "that people recognize in the street."
Apart from this, what they had in common and Carlos Monsivais Jose Saramago? I should have chosen writing as a way of combating a pest in the world: ignorance. Both were convinced that the books gave wisdom and that helped us understand the mess that sometimes tends to fall humanity. The two, in addition to the combative journalism, developed a full wording of humor and fierce intelligence. "The real power is economic, then it makes no sense to speak of democracy," said Saramago. "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, but not while spending on TV commercials," wrote Monsivais.
The Portuguese made his literary career a little late, between 60 and 80 years. The first book I read it was The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, a controversial novel that earned him criticism from more conservative sectors of Catholicism. But it was a result of Blindness I started to read it more often. In 2002 I saw him walking in the distance by one of the halls of the Madrid Book Fair. Stood by Salman Rushide pursued. Then he vanished into the crowd.
De Monsivais I read a lot of reviews and essays in magazines such as Letras Libres, Black Label and national and foreign newspapers. It was actually an omniscient author, wrote books, published articles and is frequently exposed to television cameras. It was what is called an oracle. In 2008 he was invited to the 4 ª Feria del Libro de Trujillo. Julio Villanueva Chang interviewed him about the relationship between chronic and political power. At the end of his speech, the interviewer gave him an old ticket with the face of César Vallejo. I was near him and heard him say: "Thank you. In Mexico it is common to see the face of Octavio Paz on a ticket, "he said smiling. Then, as José Saramago, was lost in the crowd of Mansiche. The presence of the Mexican writer actually went unnoticed in Trujillo. The unexpected disappearance of these two great literature leaves readers with the sadness on his back and with a debt multiplied: books not read while they lived. Fortunately, the works outlive men and so we are given a second chance on earth. Goodbye, teacher. Henceforth his readers will miss a lot.
's death, and painful, is untimely and leaves many loose ends. When leaving this life is a writer, his readers will feel abandoned and invaded by a series of feelings of guilt, among which remorse for not having read all his books.
In the case of José Saramago and Carlos Monsivais, the sadness comes from the fact of having no more among us who were somehow the moral conscience of his time. The first never stopped being a communist in a world that seemed rather to be an anachronism. As such, Saramago fought a series of powers, including the Church. The second, from a separate, distinguished himself as a chronicler of the everyday life of Mexican art and popular characters, as well as for his fierce criticism against abuse of power. According to the poet José Emilio Pacheco, was the only writer "that people recognize in the street."
Apart from this, what they had in common and Carlos Monsivais Jose Saramago? I should have chosen writing as a way of combating a pest in the world: ignorance. Both were convinced that the books gave wisdom and that helped us understand the mess that sometimes tends to fall humanity. The two, in addition to the combative journalism, developed a full wording of humor and fierce intelligence. "The real power is economic, then it makes no sense to speak of democracy," said Saramago. "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, but not while spending on TV commercials," wrote Monsivais.
The Portuguese made his literary career a little late, between 60 and 80 years. The first book I read it was The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, a controversial novel that earned him criticism from more conservative sectors of Catholicism. But it was a result of Blindness I started to read it more often. In 2002 I saw him walking in the distance by one of the halls of the Madrid Book Fair. Stood by Salman Rushide pursued. Then he vanished into the crowd.
De Monsivais I read a lot of reviews and essays in magazines such as Letras Libres, Black Label and national and foreign newspapers. It was actually an omniscient author, wrote books, published articles and is frequently exposed to television cameras. It was what is called an oracle. In 2008 he was invited to the 4 ª Feria del Libro de Trujillo. Julio Villanueva Chang interviewed him about the relationship between chronic and political power. At the end of his speech, the interviewer gave him an old ticket with the face of César Vallejo. I was near him and heard him say: "Thank you. In Mexico it is common to see the face of Octavio Paz on a ticket, "he said smiling. Then, as José Saramago, was lost in the crowd of Mansiche. The presence of the Mexican writer actually went unnoticed in Trujillo. The unexpected disappearance of these two great literature leaves readers with the sadness on his back and with a debt multiplied: books not read while they lived. Fortunately, the works outlive men and so we are given a second chance on earth. Goodbye, teacher. Henceforth his readers will miss a lot.
