From Despair to New Life
(This part of the article was written in August 2006)
I just finished reading Jaime Bayly’s latest book, Y de pronto un Ángel, which I really liked, since Lima (Peru’s capital city), the place where the story takes place, has a special place in my heart. I have no idea whether it is a true story or just magical realism typical of Latin American literature. To tell the truth, it seemed a bit exaggerated. But yesterday, Mercedes, the leading character in the book, became incarnated in Maria, the maid of my friend Rosa. While waiting for Rosa to come back from some errands, I have no idea why, Maria started recounting her story. After a nineteen-year-old boy attempted to rape her when she was only eleven years old, she convinced her father that she did not want to stay anymore in that village. I did not understand whether she had told her parents what had happened. The thing is that her father accompanied her to a nearby town and left her at the house of a rich family.
Bro Carmel Duca MC
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