![]() But, a person is needed to live in it and watch over it until the improvements are made. The narrator is asked to live in a huge home, which, while being very run down can be renovated for important foreign guests. I actually had goose bumps while reading the story! This story is truly eerie, frightful and frightening! Wheeee. However, according to the eerie notes this statue slowly began to become a living being with power over Filiberto and over the local environment, and eventually tragedy follows. Much is unknown about the origin, significance and purpose of the Chac Mool statues, but ongoing studies have proven a strong link between them and Tlaloc, Mesoamerican god of rain and thunder.”Īs the narrator reads the journal notes of Filiberto he reads that when he came back home to his run down large home which his family had owned, he wanted this statue on display. The statues, made of different types of stone, depict a reclined man holding a tray or bowl on his belly or chest. “A Chac Mool is a very specific type of Mesoamerican statue associated with ancient cultures such as the Aztecs and Maya. Since I had no idea what a “Chac Mool” was, I checked it out and read that: Filiberto was fascinated by Mesoamerican culture and was especially interested in a Chal Mool statue that a local dealer in this Acapulco region was selling. The journal entries tell a strange and very scary story. One thing rather surprises him: Filiberto had a one-way ticket. ![]() However, on the way back home Filiberto’s friend finds some journal notes in Filiberto’s bag, and other items. He had gone there quite a few times before. The narrator had gone to Acapulco to claim the body of his friend, Filiberto who drowned while on a vacation there. However, each of them involves tragedy, sadness and often a bit of the occult. Each of the stories is well-told and one learns a good deal from each, but there simply is no consistent them that unites them all. This is a hodge-podge collection of stories which seem not to have any consistent theme, but covers a significant span of topics and issues. New York: Picador – Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1997 Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Penden Book review: BURNT WATER: STORIES - By Carlos Fuentes Reviews of Nobel Prize winner
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