It also features pages of quite 'graphic' graphic art, supporting stanzas of poetry and 'intermissions for dancing' in which the reader is invited to listen to a particular track from a selection of folk songs and operatic arias from the CD that accompanies the book. The story itself is part sci-fi and part magical realism, with a big chunk of karmic lore thrown in. I'm still not quite sure what to make of this novel, and I'm still swaying between 3 and 4 stars. The sad part was that once the downtrodden had triumphed and replaced those in power, their only thought was revenge and they ended up being no better than the ones they'd unseated." (pg 239) At any given moment, the outcasts, the forgotten, the mistreated banded together against the powerful. "Teo commented that it was precisely the smoldering resentment generated by such relationships that had given rise to revolutions throughout history. When that happens, society is automatically modified." (pg 204) Each case is unique.but it's not by changing the social order that one's problems are resolved.
"No social organization will ever be able to find the one road that's good for everybody, because Azucena's everyday problems - like those of the rest of humanity - are the result of errors that were left unresolved in the past. We become narrow-minded inquisitors who in the name of truth put to death anybody whose ideas do not coincide with our own." (pgs 176-177) If not, we try to tear down his opinions in order to impose our own, convinced that the other person is bad because he thinks differently from us. As soon as we meet a person, we immediately set out our opinions before him to see how he reacts if he shares them, we accept him. "Most people are constantly forming opinions.This creates an insurmountable barrier and we find ourselves dominated by intolerance. Here are three of my favorite quotes from the book: This is a book that I must own so that I can re-read it throughout my life. Esquivel did an amazing job of blending science fiction, humor, Buddhism, & Catholicism into a beautiful story that quite simply is a call to mankind to come together in love.
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