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Débora
Débora is an experimental novella by Ecuadorian writer Pablo Palacio, published in Quito in October 1927. In 2007, the novella was included in a compilation of the author's complete works by publishing house Libresa. The plot of the book follows Teniente—a character who's only referred to by that name and who is never fully defined— during a walk through the streets of Quito in search of a love conquest or any event of importance, which ultimately never comes.
The novella is made up of a series of passages that depict several everyday events in Teniente's walk. These passages are constantly interrupted by the ramblings of the narrator, his comments on the protagonist, and the tedium caused by the very construction of the plot. The passages in the story are not presented in a linear succession of events, but rather form a series of subjective images from the narrator's perspective. Some of the techniques employed in the book include stream of consciousness and metafiction.
The first edition of the book featured drawings by cartoonists Guillermo Latorre and Kanela on the front and back covers, respectively.
As a character, Teniente is described as ridiculous, superficial, and unbalanced. These qualities are emphasized by the recurring insults—written in the second person—which the narrator uses to reprimand him. The character's main trait is his "unfulfilled longing," which is expressed through his search for a romantic fling. In his daily life he is a slave to customs and appearances, which leads the narrator to describe him as:
[A] dead and inactive man, an eternal parasite, lacking willpower (...) [an] eternal social imitator, who longs because we all long.
The character is a reference to the July Revolution, which took place on 9 July 1925 and was carried out by lieutenants of the National Army of Ecuador.
According to literary critic and essayist Wilfrido H. Corral and professor Teresita Mauro Castellarín, the beginning of the novella suggests that the character of Teniente is a schizophrenic split of the narrator himself. The passage in question states:
Teniente, you have been my host for years. Today I cast you from me so you become a source of derision for some and of melancholy for others. Many will find themselves in your eyes as they find themselves at the bottom of a mirror. Since you are a man, you could have been a foreman or a shoeshiner. Why do you exist? It would have been better if you had not existed. You bring nothing, you have nothing, you will give nothing (…) You truly are useless.
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Débora
Débora is an experimental novella by Ecuadorian writer Pablo Palacio, published in Quito in October 1927. In 2007, the novella was included in a compilation of the author's complete works by publishing house Libresa. The plot of the book follows Teniente—a character who's only referred to by that name and who is never fully defined— during a walk through the streets of Quito in search of a love conquest or any event of importance, which ultimately never comes.
The novella is made up of a series of passages that depict several everyday events in Teniente's walk. These passages are constantly interrupted by the ramblings of the narrator, his comments on the protagonist, and the tedium caused by the very construction of the plot. The passages in the story are not presented in a linear succession of events, but rather form a series of subjective images from the narrator's perspective. Some of the techniques employed in the book include stream of consciousness and metafiction.
The first edition of the book featured drawings by cartoonists Guillermo Latorre and Kanela on the front and back covers, respectively.
As a character, Teniente is described as ridiculous, superficial, and unbalanced. These qualities are emphasized by the recurring insults—written in the second person—which the narrator uses to reprimand him. The character's main trait is his "unfulfilled longing," which is expressed through his search for a romantic fling. In his daily life he is a slave to customs and appearances, which leads the narrator to describe him as:
[A] dead and inactive man, an eternal parasite, lacking willpower (...) [an] eternal social imitator, who longs because we all long.
The character is a reference to the July Revolution, which took place on 9 July 1925 and was carried out by lieutenants of the National Army of Ecuador.
According to literary critic and essayist Wilfrido H. Corral and professor Teresita Mauro Castellarín, the beginning of the novella suggests that the character of Teniente is a schizophrenic split of the narrator himself. The passage in question states:
Teniente, you have been my host for years. Today I cast you from me so you become a source of derision for some and of melancholy for others. Many will find themselves in your eyes as they find themselves at the bottom of a mirror. Since you are a man, you could have been a foreman or a shoeshiner. Why do you exist? It would have been better if you had not existed. You bring nothing, you have nothing, you will give nothing (…) You truly are useless.