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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: January 27, 2019
Caption:
Statue of "Pito Pérez" near the entrance to the José Rubén Romero Theater | Additional Description: The statue depicts the main character of the novel
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez (The Futile Life of Pito Pérez) by José Rubén Romero (1938). The statue's tablet reads:
…pobrecito del diablo. Que lástima le tengo, porque no he oído jamás una palabra de compasión o de carińo para él…
…locos son los que viven sin voluntad de vivir, tan solo por temor a la muerte…
Jesús Pérez Gaona “Pito Pérez”
English translation:
... poor thing the devil. What pity I have for him, because I have never heard a word of compassion or affection for him ...
... crazy are those who live without the will to live, only for fear of death ...
Jesús Pérez Gaona "Pito Pérez"
Submitted: February 10, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Querétaro, Mexico.
Database Locator Identification Number: p463815
File Size: 6.065 Megabytes
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