false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171491589m/103273.jpg 103273 14 <div>Three senses-taste, hearing, and smell-dominate the lives of the characters in these witty, fantastical stories. But the senses, promising the fulfillment of desire and an exit from the self, only lead back to their source: the savoring palate, the listening ear, the smelling nose. &#8220;A sumptuous small gem of a book&#8221; (Publishers Weekly). <br></div> 1116766 book 1986 Sotto il sole giaguaro total:352|5:75|4:136|3:107|2:31|1:3| 352 1305 464 32 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Nov 07 13:36:58 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 13:43:35 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 05 11:04:48 -0800 2008 Sun May 25 09:33:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 11:24:30 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 11:31:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 15:10:24 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 16:28:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 20:13:37 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 20:41:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 05:26:39 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 02:11:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 02:33:16 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 02:04:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 18:56:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 19:03:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 07:32:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 11:24:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 06:57:10 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 07:13:42 -0700 2008 Under the Jaguar Sun revels in detailed sensory description, and does so phenomenally well. A favorite example which occurs early on:

Just as colonial baroque set no limits on the profusion of ornament and display, in which God's presence was identified in a closely calculated delirium o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 31 19:18:48 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 19:21:44 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 20 05:23:15 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 05:27:27 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 10:52:56 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 00:43:56 -0700 2009 The second story bored me.
The third one ruled a lot.

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