Emilio Rabasa (1856-1930), lawyer, historian, literary critic,
essayist and novelist, besides being a journalist and active
participant in politics, stands out among the Mexican intellectuals
of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Considered to have
introduced realism into Mexican fiction, Rabasa's writing reveals
the influence of Prez Galds as well as earlier Mexican writers,
ranging from Jos Joaqun Fernndez de Lizardi's El periquillo
sarniento (1816) to Jos Toms de Cullar's Baile y cochino (1886). A
perceptive literary critic, journalist and well-informed historian,
he was one of the founders of the newspaper El Universal. Although
he wrote influential political analyses like La constitucin y la
dictadura.(1912) and La evolucin histrica de Mxico (1920), Rabasa
is best remembered for his five novels, which share recurrent
characters and political themes, or rather, criticism of
politicians who are unethical in their struggle for power. La bola
is the first of this series. What is la bola? La bola is not the
Revolution; unlike the Revolution, which centers on the idea,
develops national passion, modifies an institution and promotes the
involvement of citizens, la bola does not demand or represent
principles: it is born and it is dissolved in a short natural and
moral period, and requires ignorance. Revolution is born out of the
world's progress, but la bola is born out of ignorance and the
inevitable backwardness of poor nations. This is la bola that
Rabasa depicts so perceptively through the young, articulate and
earnest character of Juanillo Quiones' experience and observations,
combining elements that lead us to suspect it of being an
autobiographical story, filled with caciques, shyster lawyers,
rogues, turncoats and prevaricators. It is a world in which to get
rich, to take unfair advantage. It is a world of ill-considered
destructive impulse, which ends with a return to the status quo.
Emilio Rabasa in his first novel, is describing not the Revolution,
but la bola. It is certainly one of the best novels in all of
Mexican literature, and this edition's introduction and notes by
Professor Luis Leal elucidate Rabasa's text to make a reading of
the novel an unforgettable experience.
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