A Book of Desperate Love: Blue Eyes Black Hair. [ING-ESP]
Hello, Hivers, I hope you are doing well. Today I bring you a work that, personally, moved me to tears: Blue Eyes Black Hair Blue Eyes, by the French writer Marguerite Duras. It had been a long time since I had read a book and I found this copy, at first it didn't catch my attention and it was hard to read the first few pages, but after a few more chapters, I couldn't stop. It is enigmatic, dark, complicated and extremely heartbreaking. The details are so many that if you don't pay attention, you can easily get lost.
Hola, Hivers, espero se encuentre muy bien. Hoy les traigo una obra que, en lo personal, me estremeció hasta llegar a las lágrimas: Ojos Azules Pelo Negro, de la escritora francesa Marguerite Duras. Hacía muchísimo que no leía un libro y encontré este ejemplar, al principio no me llamó la atención y me costó leer las primeras páginas, pero al cabo de unos capítulos más, no pude parar. Es enigmático, tétrico, complicado y extremadamente desgarrador. Los detalles son tantos que si no prestas atención, puedes perderte fácilmente.
It's about the lost love of two characters, without origin or name, totally unknown to each other, but sharing a mutual desire: the love of a young man. For sure, I could not understand very well if this young man or woman, it has so many metaphors that I lost that detail and in the end I was left with the doubt. The most spectacular thing about this fact is that none of these three characters know each other. The strange agreement that "He" proposes to "She", is based on both of them accompanying each other in their unbearable pain for losing that fleeting love that burned their souls, they accompany each other faithfully night after night to drown their sorrows in suicidal delusions. There is no contact, he does not desire any woman, but she tries to change that idea even if it is in vain and, lost in her total depression, she continues her pact until the end. After a while they both discover that their sadness comes from the same person, they both fell in love with the same young man, and the most painful thing for them is that they never got to meet him. They wait vaguely for their ship to return and be lucky enough to cross paths again before the dreaded but long awaited end for both of them: death.
Se trata del amor perdido de dos personajes, sin origen ni nombre, totalmente desconocidos uno para el otro, pero que comparten un deseo mutuo: el amor de un joven. A ciencia cierta, no pude comprender muy bien si este joven era hombre o mujer, tiene tantas metáforas que perdí ese detalle y al final me quedé con la duda. Lo más espectacular de este hecho es que ninguno de estos tres personajes se conoce. El extraño acuerdo que “Él” le propone a “Ella”, se sustenta en que ambos se acompañen en su insoportable dolor por perder ese amor pasajero que les quemó el alma, se acompañan fielmente noche tras noche para ahogar sus penas en delirios suicidas. No hay contacto, él no desea a ninguna mujer, pero ella intenta cambiar esa idea aunque resulte en vano y, perdida en su total depresión, continúa su pacto hasta el final. Al cabo del tiempo es que ambos descubren que su tristeza viene de la misma persona, los dos se enamoraron del mismo joven, y lo más doloroso para ellos es que nunca pudieron conocerlo. Esperan vagamente a que su barco regrese y tener la suerte de cruzar de nuevo sus caminos antes de que llegue el final tan temido pero esperado por los dos: la muerte.
The presentation of this entire work is extraordinary; how it goes detailing each space of that deplorable room; how the emotions of each of them could be transmitted to the reader; everything can be complicated from one second to another between the explosive personalities of both of them. At the same time, all these events are described as if it were a play, that added another plus of emotions, you can easily place yourself in each scenario. Every emotion you can really feel as if it was happening to our skin, that's why I couldn't stop crying, so I don't recommend reading it if you have just ended a relationship or you are going through depression, it makes you want to jump into the nearest car and go with "Him" and "Her". This book I finished reading, last year and it's only now that I dare to remember everything and write about it, it's reliving that unrequited love of these two people and suffering with them again. I loved it. I highly recommend, read it with a good rum, (if you smoke) with a good box of cigars and lots of tissues, the emotional charge you haven't felt before, will come through in spades.
La presentación de toda esta obra es extraordinaria; cómo va detallando cada espacio de esa deplorable habitación; cómo eran las emociones de cada uno de ellos se podía transmitir al lector; se puede complicar todo de un segundo a otro entre las personalidades tan explosivas de ambos. Al mismo tiempo, se va describiendo todos estos hechos como si se tratara de una obra de teatro, eso le agregó otro plus de emociones, puedes situarte fácilmente en cada escenario. Cada emoción de verdad que se puede sentir como si nos sucediera en nuestra piel, por eso no paraba de llorar, por lo cual no lo recomiendo leer si acabas de terminar una relación o estás pasando por depresión, te dan ganas de lanzarte al carro más cercano e irte con “Él” y “Ella”. Este libro lo terminé de leer, el año pasado y apenas ahora es que me atrevo a recordar todo y escribir sobre él, es revivir ese amor no correspondido de estas dos personas y volver a sufrir con ellos. Lo amé. Recomiendo altamente, leerlo con un buen ron, (si fumas) con una buena caja de cigarros y muchos pañuelos, la carga emocional que no has sentido antes, se va a venir con creces.
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What a beautiful sounding book; to wonder - was the young man they were both connected to a 'concept' or himself a metaphor for the ideal love?
Very interesting question. It could be the idealization of romantic love to which we have become accustomed and the sadness for not having achieved it. Or, it could even be a metaphor for suicide seen in the romantic way; there are those who give themselves to death with such conviction and naturalness, that they seem to love the idea (hence the young man with black hair and blue eyes, he could be the personification of death). I invite you to read it and let me know what you think.