Discursive Gravitations of The Order of Palmyra
Sheyla Prevé’s writing denotes a fine dexterity in language management. Each word is accurate and gives us the indications required to continue in the plot. The reader cannot get away from this intrigue. We want to know what will happen to Lara and Evan, whether they will change the organizational structure of The Order de Palmyra or whether David Marioni will rethink the betrayal made. It is precisely this entrapment, which allows us to identify with the protagonists.
Storyteller, but also promoter of reading, research and knowledge of the self, is the Mexican writer who presents to us this creation of her as a discursive venture. The Order of Palmyra recalls those great novels of love, justice and honour of antiquity; in that sense, Sheyla Prevé is shown as court juggler. Thus, dressed in gala, our host tells a story that began nine hundred years ago, a story where magic and incantations permeate the lives of young heirs, where vengeance is redeemed by benevolence in which the protagonists seek the meaning of their existence. The power of the word is rescued as a generative act that - in any way - unleashes consequences. Through the word is how we approach the most intimate of her writing, to the author's ontology; through the word is how The Order of Palmyra is initiated and the padlocks are placed for the organization; through the word is how the feeling becomes explicit. In an age where the word seems not to have the value it represents, Prevé reminds us that it is the cornerstone of all relationship. It invites us to place special emphasis not only on the denoted, but on the connoted and the tone of what is said. Main theme and founding of the plot is the Magic Salomonis. This gives the mystical construction of the empire over the demons, the wisdom over the acts and the internal motive that mobilizes the characters. This originating myth gravitates the cultural context of the Western reader. Did it really happen? What are the sources? Could we reach that level of skill in this art? Everything concludes in the existential question of knowing more about knowledge. The amorous topic tint the philosophical load of the novel. In truth, it is the container of the history. The looks, the closeness, the desire and the determined attitude of the lovers make of its reading a provocative pleasure. It is a story that speaks of love, not just a love story. The plethora of sensations and observations in detail, makes whoever takes this novel in his hands cannot escape it. Being structured in chapters that are read quickly allows the elaboration of an internal script of each reader. Tell us our own movie.
The writer presupposes a type of reader, say the scholars of Literature. Who will read The Order of Palmyra? Will we have the same feeling at the end of the pages? What topics will motivate us? Our minstrel, with her feathered hat in his hand, extends it to grant us the word.
