Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico
A gem of a Marías story: Elvis and his entourage abandon their translator in a seedy cantina full of enraged criminals.“It all happened because of Elvis Presley.” Elvis, down south of the border to film a movie, has insisted his producers hire a proper Spaniard so that he can pronounce his few...
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A gem of a Marías story: Elvis and his entourage abandon their translator in a seedy cantina full of enraged criminals.“It all happened because of Elvis Presley.” Elvis, down south of the border to film a movie, has insisted his producers hire a proper Spaniard so that he can pronounce his few lines in Spanish with a Castillian accent. But Ruibérriz has taken on much more than he bargained for. One fatal night, horseplay in a local bar goes too far: a fatuous drunken American insults the local kingpin, and when the thug insists that Ruibérriz translate, Elvis himself adds an even more stinging comment—and who must translate that?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780811218580 (0811218589)
Publish date: 2010
Publisher: New Directions
Pages no: 57
Edition language: English
A fierce, fun read, in which every sentence of its 57 entertaining and literary pages is a rush, starting with: “No one knows what it is like to be hunted down without having lived it, and unless the chase was active and constant, carried out with deliberation, determination, dedication, and never...
A fierce, fun read, in which every sentence of its 57 entertaining and literary pages is a rush, starting with: “No one knows what it is like to be hunted down without having lived it, and unless the chase was active and constant, carried out with deliberation, determination, dedication, and never...
Yeah, I know—another 5 star review. I seem to be handing them out like candy lately. But, BUT, it’s not my fault. Blame GR. Blame amazon.com. Blame yourselves. I take recommendations from wherever I get them, and all too frequently, I like what I get my hands on. So think of this 5 Star as somewhere...
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