The goat's party

The Ties Party is an exceptional book that does not fade from its readers' memory, and it tells a nightmare story. What makes it more terrifying is that it is based on real events no less painful than those narrated by Yousa in the book. The novel is considered one of the most important Latin American novels and one of the most significant political literary works of the past century. The Ties Party was published by Jamal Publications with a beautiful translation by Saleh Alamani as part of a distinguished collection of translated novels that includes Yousa's other works and many of Alamani's translations. About the Ties Party novel On May 30, 1961, a trap set by a group of conspirators outside Santo Domingo (which was called Trujillo City) succeeded in killing the powerful Dominican man, the leader, the esteemed and favored president of the homeland, the one who regained financial independence, and the father of the new homeland, His Excellency Generalissimo Dr. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina. This brutal dictator, who hid his terrifying eyes behind black glasses because "he did not only monitor everyone's behavior but also watched their consciences and dreams," is the focus of the events of this novel. In his novel, Vargas recalls a dark historical phase in the life of the small Dominican Republic, presenting a model of the inspiring historical leader Trujillo, who brought his people into plagues, calamities, and horrors that surpass the pen's ability to record. Yousa was able to depict a terrifying image of that dictator, relying on his deep literary sense and his artistic and literary experience in exploring a historical and political period. There is a profound and precise description of the inner feelings of the characters, their states of panic and terror, and an enchanting description of streets, houses, gardens, roads, and scents, as well as the blue of the sea from a visual perspective that leaves nothing out, finding a place in the terrain of that restless and anxious republic. They converse with fear, live with fear, and die with fear. But in the end, they overcome this complex and kill the dictator, bravely this time, after more than three decades. Quotes from The Ties Party My opinion of intellectuals and the educated has always been poor. In social hierarchy, according to merit, soldiers occupy the first place. They perform their duty, rarely conspire, and do not waste time. After them come farmers, the healthy ones in this country, hardworking and honest. Then come officials, contractors, and merchants. As for the educated and intellectuals, they are the last, even behind the clergy. They are a group of villains. They are those who received the greatest benefits and caused the most harm to the system that fed, clothed, and honored them. Do you remember Trujillo? - Well, well. He may be a dictator and everything they say about him, but life seemed better back then. Everyone had work, and they did not commit all these crimes. That’s politics; it’s a path carved between corpses. About Yousamarío Vargas Yousa A novelist born in Peru in 1936, he rose to fame in the literary world after publishing his first novel, "The City and the Dogs," which won several awards, including the "Biblioteca Brevi" Award in 1962 and the "Critics" Award in 1963. It has been translated into more than twenty foreign languages. His subsequent works of fiction increased, and he received numerous awards, the latest being in 1994 when he received the "Servantes Prize for Literature," considered the most important award for Spanish-language literature, in addition to the Nobel Prize in Literature.