#466 The Dreadful Mucamas- Lydia Davis
Mucama is the Spanish word for maid. This is a journal or
running thoughts of a maid’s employer. She herself is condescending and
entitled, but the maids are actually pretty insolent. It seems that they
inherited the maids from someone else, but we don’t see why they aren’t just
fired.
“Con el corer del tiempo, todo se selucionara” (With the
passage of time, everything was resolved). Maybe, maybe not.
I enjoy reading this collection, most of which are small
“dreams” or passing thoughts written out as one-page works. I enjoy it because
it’s a little different, and sometimes different is good. The minimalism makes
for easily digested ideas, without clutter. I am not quite sold however, that
this is an enduring form of writing. Like hor d’oeuvres served at a cocktail
party, they taste good going down, but are easily forgotten. Maybe, that the
point. Perhaps with the passage of time…I’ll see the whole picture and feel
differently.
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