The Forgotten (Irish) History of the Mexican-American War: An Interview with Pino Cacucci

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Carlos Menéndez-Otero
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The text presents an edited transcript of an interview with Italian writer Pino Cacucci in Gijon, Spain, on July 13th, 2016. The subject of the interview is his latest novel, Quelli del San Patricio (2015), about a group of soldiers, mostly Irish Catholic immigrants, who deserted from the US Army during the Mexican-American War (1846-48) and under the leadership of John Riley formed a military unit, the Saint Patrick’s Battalion, to fight with the Mexicans. He mainly discusses what got him interested in the San Patricios, the process of turning history into narrative fiction, the criticisms the novel might raise for not being entirely faithful to historical fact, and the parallelisms that can be drawn between nineteenth century Irish emigration to the US and the current refugee crisis in Europe.
被遗忘的(爱尔兰)美墨战争历史:皮诺·卡库奇访谈
本文展示了2016年7月13日在西班牙希洪对意大利作家皮诺·卡库奇的采访经过编辑的文字记录。采访的主题是他的最新小说《圣帕特里西奥》(2015),讲述了一群士兵的故事,他们大多是爱尔兰天主教移民,在美墨战争(1846-48)期间逃离美国军队,在约翰·莱利的领导下组建了一支军事部队圣帕特里克营,与墨西哥人作战。他主要讨论了是什么让他对《圣帕特里西奥》感兴趣,将历史转化为叙事小说的过程,小说可能因不完全忠实于历史事实而受到的批评,以及19世纪爱尔兰移民到美国和当前欧洲难民危机之间的相似性。
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