Battles in the Desert

Battles in the Desert (Spanish:Las batallas en el desierto) is a novella written by Mexican author José Emilio Pacheco. The novella was first published in the Saturday edition of Unomásuno, a Mexican newspaper, on 7 June 1980, and was later published by Ediciones Era the following year. The story is narrated by Carlos, as an adult, recounting his memories as a boy growing up in Mexico City in the late 1940s and 1950s. In particular, his experiences and the events that unfolded after falling in love with one of his classmate's mother comprise the central narrative of the novella.