The Blue Bouquet by Octavia Paz: Summary

The Blue Bouquet - Summary Octavia Paz is a famous Mexican writer. He won Nobel Prize for literature in 1990. The story 'The Blue Bouquet' takes place in an unnamed village or town which presents how the harmonious world turns suddenly into a world of violence and terror. The narrator, whose name is not given, is staying in a hotel room and wakes up from his sleep fully drenched in sweat. As the room is very hot, he decides to go out for a walk. He gets dressed first making sure that no bugs get into his clothes. When he reaches downstairs, he notices a one-eyed hotel keeper sitting at the door. The hotel keeper warns him that he better stay in as there are no street lights. The narrator without being bothered about the warning moves away from that place. While walking the narrator enjoys nature: mild moonlight, the colourful twinkling of stars, the vocals of crickets and the accompaniment of sounds of leaves and insects. He thinks that the whole universe is a grand system of sig…