Barrio Querido, La Reformita |
José Antonio Canel |
Guatemalan author born in 1953 |
Guatemala City, February 01, 2006/ Narrator and journalist. He published “Incendio en el Monte de Venus” (“Fire in Venus’ Mount”), a novel. He was part of the now defunct and irreverent literary group “La Rial Academia”. He has published articles in Tzolkin (1984-1985) cultural newspaper and in Tinamit magazine (1998-2000).
Ever since I was a child, every time anybody spoke of La Reformita I would get a “rush of the old times”: overcast skies and metal mugs full of “tortilla” beverage would unlock a stream of memories, love, passion... And today, when I travel through the streets of the old Reformita, I still think that the neighborhood is prehistoric and that, except for its very wide streets, there is little left of the neighborhood where we would buy the best corn moonshine and enjoy it while tantalizing our stomachs with prickly-pear appetizers. Pavement, like a new conqueror, broke off with one forceful swipe our intimate links with the Cakchiquel scents and the Spanish flavors.
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