The Lecture, Part II
Esta es la continuación. A veces pienso que debo echarle mano a algunas partes, acortar otras, caracterizar un poco más a otros, pero qué va. Así quedó escrito, y así quedará publicado, así sea como primera versión. Enjoy the silence.
III
Professor Junguito raised her hand to let everyone know that the class had already begun. Some late students arrived after the clock had struck a quarter past seven. Soledad closed the front window, interrupting the inflow of Bogotá’s cold and chilly blows. After slightly lowering the water level in the bottle, she proceeded.
“That’s a very interesting question, Peralta, and it clearly explains why you greet us with your visit today. There are indeed many forgotten characters in Colombian literature. One of the purposes of any investigation, such as yours, is to give a new light to all those creations that once were so admired by the academy, and later overlooked by pedestrian readers who consume bestsellers. As you may know, and many others he...