Parable of the shepherd who dreamed of fleas
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- 17 Oct 2022
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The reader with listening skills will perceive the suggestive echo of the parabolic tale from the first lines of this book, a sonority projected throughout the story in the voice of Uncle Isho, a character whose presence at the beginning and at the end contributes to evidencing the circular course of life learning. It is a text with an explicit instructive intention, designed for a reader in the formative phase who will undoubtedly reach the moral.
Apart from the intention, we said to reinforce its quality as a parable, there is a euphony that marks the pulse and cadence of the text, a key that reveals the craft of writing, especially within the poetic field. Cósimo Mandrillo is a poet, essayist and specialist in children's and youth fiction, so this work becomes a kind of creative crossroads.
'Conspiracy in the market' condenses the intrepid adventure of Taluha, a teenager from the Wayuu ethnic group, during his first and perhaps only foray into the world of the 'alijunas', that is, the world that takes place outside the original culture of The Guajira. This baptismal “tour” of recognition of the protagonist will resonate evocatively in the minds of the readers of Don Quixote –respecting the distance with the Cervantine reference–, such is its symbolic geographical journey through a relatively small perimeter but notably transforming personality.
And the fact is that if there were any point on the planet where two such dissimilar worlds could alternate, it would have to be the one that mediates between the populous city of Maracaibo and the peninsular land, a border in turn between two nations, a territory where their races meet. they resist the natural process of integration, wary of each other through the centuries.
We speak of extrapolated cultures: one reaffirmed in its original purity, another vindicating its diversity; the one self-sufficient in its simplicity, the other proud of its distinctive chaos. Why should a noble individual of the former be lured away by the illusory promises of the latter? It is just what this story recreates. Read More…
