Pájaro transparente

by Mario Bellatin

A story from Mexican author Mario Bellatin, never before translated into English, about a Cairo family whose life is disrupted upon the return from the desert of the father's merchant brothers, and the nefarious empty cage they bring with them.

124 pages, Paperback

First published February 10, 2014

About the author

Mario Bellatin grew up in Peru as the son of Peruvian parents. He spent two years studying theology at the seminary Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo and graduated from the University of Lima. In 1987, Bellatin moved to Cuba, where he studied screenplay writing at the International Film School Latinoamericana. On his return to Mexico in 1995, he became the director of the Department of Literature and Humanities at the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana and became a member of the National System of Creators of Mexico from 1999 to 2005. He is currently the director of the School of Writers Dynamics in Mexico City.

Reviews

[paul holzman · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mind transcended to the setting of the characters, the brothers specifically. I assumed the emotion of the brothers. My loathing of their uncles, their father, and the frustrations towards the mother. The curiosity of the bird. The mind of escapism. The piety, the dedication, the fear, the guilt, it was good and mystic.

[Giovanni Gregory · Rating 5 out of 5]

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