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008    210121s2021    nyu           000 1 eng d 
010      2021001794 
020    9780811230957|q(paperback) 
020    0811230953 
035    (OCoLC)1257259371 
040    LNC|beng|erda|cLNC|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dMCP 
041 1  eng|hspa 
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049    MCPL 
050 00 PQ7298.26.A25|bB3813 2021 
082 00 863/.64|223 
100 1  Pacheco, José Emilio,|eauthor. 
240 10 Batallas en el desierto.|lEnglish 
245 10 Battles in the desert /|cJosé Emilio Pacheco ; translated 
       from the Spanish by Katherine Silver ; with an afterword 
       by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes. 
264  1 New York :|bNew Directions Publishing Corporation,|c2021. 
300    80 pages ;|c19 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  New Directions paperbook ;|v1503 
500    Originally published as Las batallas en el desierto by 
       Ediciones Era, S.A., Mexico City. 
520    "This landmark novella -one of the central texts of 
       Mexican literature, is eerily relevant to our current dark
       times- offers a child's-eye view of a society beset by 
       dictators, disease, and natural disasters, set in 'the 
       year of polio, foot-and- mouth disease, floods.' A middle-
       class boy grows up in a world of children aping adults 
       (mock wars at recess pit Arabs against Jews), where a 
       child's left to ponder 'how many evils and catastrophes we
       have yet to witness.' When Carlos laments the cruelty and 
       corruption, the evils of a vicious class system, his older
       brother answers: 'So what, we are living up to our ears in
       shit anyway under Miguel Alemán's regime,' with 'the face 
       of El Señor Presidente everywhere: incessant, private 
       abuse.' Sound familiar? Woven into this coming-of-age saga
       is the terribly intense love Carlos cherishes for his 
       friend's young mother, which has the effect of driving the
       general cruelties further under the reader's skin. The 
       acclaimed translator Katherine Silver has greatly revised 
       her original translation, enlivening afresh this 
       remarkable work"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Boys|zMexico|vFiction. 
650  0 Intergenerational relations|vFiction. 
650  0 First loves|vFiction. 
650  7 Boys.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00837358 
650  7 First loves.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00925778 
650  7 Intergenerational relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00976251 
651  0 Mexico|vFiction. 
651  7 Mexico.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01211700 
655  7 Bildungsromans.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01726536 
655  7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 
655  7 Novellas.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01921741 
655  7 Bildungsromans.|2lcgft 
655  7 Novellas.|2lcgft 
700 1  Silver, Katherine,|etranslator. 
700 1  Melchor, Fernanda,|d1982-|ewriter of afterword. 
830  0 New Directions paperbook ;|v1503. 
947    MARCIVE Processed 2022/11/04 
994    C0|bMCP