The Underdogs: with Related Texts (Hackett Classics)

by Mariano Azuela

therefore, you had to be with them and only them.”

thought to find a flowering meadow at the end of the road … and I found a swamp.’ My

It was his fault…. Who told him to wear matching pants, jacket and cap?

“Thing is, he’s growing on me…. Can you believe it?” Camila answered, also softly. Pintada became furious and puffed out

Truth is I don’t understand these here politics….”

“Look, I’m not a schoolboy so don’t ask me questions…. You’re the one who gave me this little eagle I wear on my hat…. So, all you gotta say is: ‘Demetrio, do this and that … end of story!’” Part Three I El Paso, Texas, May 16, 1915 Dear Venancio: I have not been able to answer your kind letter from January because my professional responsibilities take up all my time.

… I love the Revolution like I love an erupting volcano! The volcano because it’s a volcano, and the Revolution because it’s the Revolution! … But what do I care what stones wind up on top or on the bottom after the cataclysm? …” And since the rays of

Then he went on talking crazy, but totally crazy, to the dusty grass, the rotting kiosk, the gray houses, and the haughty mountain and the immeasurable sky.