The Renunciation: A NovelPresented as a series of lectures interspersed with letters and other documents, this historical novel by one of Puerto Rico's most acclaimed contemporary novelists chronicles a pre-arranged marriage plotted to pacify the slave population and to save Puerto Rico from a rebellion. Intense and masterfully structured, the story of the eighteenth-century hero Baltasar Montanez provides a rich insight into issues of class and race in colonial Puerto Rico. |
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Page 94
... mankind can stand against mankind ! Bishop Larra saw all his fears realized . The six months of uprisings , murder , desolation , and devastation that fol- lowed Baltasar's imprisonment made reinstatement a mat- ter of utmost urgency ...
... mankind can stand against mankind ! Bishop Larra saw all his fears realized . The six months of uprisings , murder , desolation , and devastation that fol- lowed Baltasar's imprisonment made reinstatement a mat- ter of utmost urgency ...
Page 107
... mankind . But these lies , that good Christians call " white lies " —that is to say , lies which are merciful , pious , and good — are the sole warranty that man shall not become the most fearful beast . You renounce mercy , pretending ...
... mankind . But these lies , that good Christians call " white lies " —that is to say , lies which are merciful , pious , and good — are the sole warranty that man shall not become the most fearful beast . You renounce mercy , pretending ...
Page 108
... mankind solace and shelter in this life , and the promise of another shelter to come , to fulfill the meaning of this - white truths , whose intention is to make man a creature of the Good . But it is not within my spirit to give ...
... mankind solace and shelter in this life , and the promise of another shelter to come , to fulfill the meaning of this - white truths , whose intention is to make man a creature of the Good . But it is not within my spirit to give ...
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Alejandro Juliá Marín angelito Antonio Pérez attempted Baltasar's imprisonment beast beauty believe beloved flock beloved island blood body Charles III chronicle colonial compassion Creation cries cunnilingus daughter death desire destruction divine document don Baltasar Montañez don José Larra don Rafael don Tomás Prats drag drawing dream Excellency eyes father fear Felipe del Morro Fernández Costa fortress San Felipe frenzied Garden of Afflictions González Pimentel hero hero's heterodoxy Holy Inquisition Holy Tribunal honor human humble humiliation Indies Inquisition Juan Espinosa labyrinth letter lovely Luciferian Machiavellian madness magnificent Malumbi mankind marginalia marriage ment Negro masses night nuptials once orgies Palace passions peace peephole pleasure Prats's Puerto Rico race reason rebels renounce renunciation Rodríguez San Juan Bautista scene Secretary Sharks Point slave slavery Sor Inés soul subtle sugar cane sweet syphilis tañez terrible theological tion truth vision void wedding white lie words worthy young