Sunday, May 12, 2019

On Being Alone


"As the lodges afforded so little shelter, people began to die, and five Christians quartered on the coast were driven to such extremity that they ate each other until but one remained, who, being left alone, had nobody to eat him." — Cabeza de Vaca

Adapted from the Lakeside Press edition of Narrative of the Narváez Expedition, edited by Harold Augenbraum.

2 comments:

shallnot said...

There was a 1990 film of the same name. It got more than a bit weird in places.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101529/

Chris said...

The book has its moments as well.