They receive 110 thousand high school students from UNAM, summer book

In an engraved message that was presented during the symbolic delivery of books, in the Simón Bolívar amphitheater, the rector stressed that in times when a single opinion is often imposed and the misinformation prevails, “defending the plurality of ideas, the wealth of creative thinking and scientific rigor is more necessary than ever. Therefore, reading together and together, as a university community, it is a way of taking care of the values, as a university community. And they represent us. ”

“That this summer is full of readings that move them, that they make them think, imagine and question. And that in these pages they find something that, perhaps, did not know that they were looking for,” the rector told young people, whom he explained that granting them a book is a way of bringing them closer to reading as a space for freedom, encounter and discovery of new ideas.

The title chosen is the Hungry Wheel and other stories, by Rosario Castellanos, fundamental author in Mexican literature and in the feminist thought of our region.

“This edition represents an opportunity to disseminate – in the framework of the centenary of his birth – a fragment of his transcendental work, which intertwines, with lucidity and sensitivity, the denunciation of inequality, the defense of the most vulnerable and a deeply human look on the condition we share. His literature does not seek to indoctrinate or impose answers. On the contrary, he moves us and invites us to look beyond the obvious Do not settle, ”said the rector.

Author of current topics

In turn, the Cultural Dissemination Coordinator of the UNAM, Rosa Beltrán Álvarez, indicated that when reading Rosario Castellanos, young people will find an author who speaks of current issues, despite having been born 100 years ago, and that of many ways they continue to exist: the difference between social classes, the claims of a society that lives of appearances, the pressure on women in an era where they were expected to obey and “ideal housewife”, which what produced and produces are frustrated, suffered, unhappy women.

The book, he added, is also an invitation to the students write the chronicle of their time, as they are the witnesses of this moment.

At the ceremony, the consultant, political analyst and son of Rosario Castellanos, Gabriel Guerra Castellanos, celebrated the delivery of more than 100,000 texts to the students, because he said that this is a very suitable way to celebrate the centenary of his mother’s birth. “Writers pay tribute by reading them,” he said.

He asked the young people to read the book that is moving, squeezing and “catch”; And he called them to question about the validity of the issues addressed by the author: the condition of women, indigenous peoples in Mexico, elites and racism and classism that we live.

“I do not know if that validity speaks very well of Rosario Castellanos or speaks very badly of our society, of our country, which has been stagnant on the same issues, for so much and that we have not managed to solve, overcome them,” he said.

Meanwhile, the President of the Board of Directors of Fundación Unam, Dionisio Meade and García de León, stressed that with the delivery of the hungry wheel and other stories pay tribute to a great university student, great writer, poet, diplomatic, a pioneer in his efforts to attend the university, obtain a degree and be self -sufficient; To whom he was head of information from this house of studies and professor of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, among other positions.

He hoped that the brief selection of the writings of Rosario Castellanos motivate young people to know their work better, but above all, “Let’s see the world with those vibrant eyes, scrutinners he had to know, present and interpret that Mexico that had to live and reflect inequities, marginalization, poverty, lags and injustices of our native populations, gender inequities understood ”.

On behalf of the students of the Baccalaureate, Giselle Figueroa Hernández thanked the General Directorate of Publications and Editorial Development of the UNAM for giving them the opportunity to enjoy the book, a “great literary adventure”.

Reading, he said, is one of the most important habits for life, which helps develop imagination, grow as a human being and this summer will have the opportunity to have a good time and expand their horizons with a good reading.

Previously, the General Director of Publications and Editorial Development of the UNAM, Socorro Venegas Pérez, indicated that in the selected stories the students will find a literature that honestly presents their characters, reveals their complexity and their wonder, makes their unforgettable stories because it plays with depth, moves, make laugh and challenge.

He called students to give their books to their family, friends, neighbors and disseminate that you can also read freely, electronically at the OA books – Open Access Books UNAM

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