Time of Silence (20th Century Continental Fiction)

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Review: ...so thst I may become dried tunny fish in the good Castilian air,where thoughts of a future were lost three and a half centuries ago,and the future is now nothing more than the prospect of decay,an oxhide spread out to dry with the mummifying flesh resembling dried tunny fish,and men like myself who become accustomed to eating dried tunny fish with a glass of wine,and prefer it to caviar,herring,or foie de gras from the Landes.How unfortunate are those of us not fitted for ecstasy!...And I'm like St.Lawrence,you know,that's who I am ,and you turn me over because I'm roasted on this side like the sardines,Lawrence,like the humble sardines,I'm roasted,the sun roasts,I'm being roasted dry.St.Lawrence was a man,he didn'y cry out,he lay there silently while the pagans roasted him over the fire,and history tells us that all he said was:"Turn me over,for I'm done on this side"...

With this ends Time of Silence by Luis Martin-Santos.Elements of Beckett,Antonio Lobo Antunes and Reinaldo Arenas and if you wish Malcolm Lowry...what more could you ask for.Unfortunately it is the only novel he wrote.

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Review: ...so thst I may become dried tunny fish in the good Castilian air,where thoughts of a future were lost three and a half centuries ago,and the future is now nothing more than the prospect of decay,an oxhide spread out to dry with the mummifying flesh resembling dried tunny fish,and men like myself who become accustomed to eating dried tunny fish with a glass of wine,and prefer it to caviar,herring,or foie de gras from the Landes.How unfortunate are those of us not fitted for ecstasy!...And I'm like St.Lawrence,you know,that's who I am ,and you turn me over because I'm roasted on this side like the sardines,Lawrence,like the humble sardines,I'm roasted,the sun roasts,I'm being roasted dry.St.Lawrence was a man,he didn'y cry out,he lay there silently while the pagans roasted him over the fire,and history tells us that all he said was:"Turn me over,for I'm done on this side"...

With this ends Time of Silence by Luis Martin-Santos.Elements of Beckett,Antonio Lobo Antunes and Reinaldo Arenas and if you wish Malcolm Lowry...what more could you ask for.Unfortunately it is the only novel he wrote.