Currently reading The General in his Labyrinth. I still have about 50 pages of the Potter biography, but I started this on the plane the other day.
Diving into this big ole biography on the subway this morning was such a treat! I am excited to read this.
The Mysterious Benedict Society is also illustrated by Ms. Carson Ellis. I am working on a bigger post about her soon, so stay tuned!
You can read the entire novella here.
There were no means left untried by the grandmother in an attempt to rescue her granddaughter from the protection of the missionaries. Only when they had all failed, from the most direct to the most devious, did she turn to the civil authority, which was vested in a military man. She found him in the courtyard of his home, his chest bare, shooting with an army rifle at a dark and solitary cloud in the burning sky. He was trying to perforate it to bring on rain, and his shots were furious and useless, but he did take the necessary time out to listen to the grandmother.
“I can’t do anything,” he explained to her when he had heard her out. “The priestes, according to the concordat, have the right to keep the girl until she comes of age. Or until she gets married.”
“Then why do they have you here as mayor?” the grandmother asked.
“To make it rain,” was the mayor’s answer.
"From Innocent Erendira, Marquez
This scene reminded me so much of Wink from “Beasts of a Southern Wild” running into the storm with whiskey and a rifle, shooting at the rain to make little Hush Puppy feel safe.
