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    <body><![CDATA[Pertama kalinya baca Eduardo Mendoza, dan hasilnya: ketawa ngakak di ruang tunggu bandara dan kenalan sama turis Australia yg pengen tau <em>what's so funny about?</em><br/><br/>Ya, ini buku bisa dibilang <em>sick jokes at its finest</em>.<br/><br/>Absurditas masyarakat kontemporer dipandang dari dua alien yg sed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40124982">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[coba bayangkan. ada sebuah pesawat angkasa luar yang transit di bumi dan kehilangan gurb -seorang awaknya- yang sedang menyamar sbg madonna di tengah keramaian kota barcelona. demi mencari gurb, sang comander-apapun namanya- berkeliaran di tengah kota.<br/><br/>kekonyolan demi kekonyolan terjadi d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72186927">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If aliens were to read Eduardo Mendoza’s No Word From Gurb (1990) they may well determine that it suffers from ’structural simplicity’. While this is true, it makes it no different from most other things on Earth they are likely to discover, like family apartments and Ford Fiestas.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48028751">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Divertido y absurdo. Hace tiempo que no leo ficción en español y me divierten ver viejas palabras que hace tiempo que no escuchaba en mi cabeza. Palabras con olor a tiempo pasado para mi. Es linda la lengua, tiene gracia y ritmo. Y no tener noticias de Gurb fue tan inquietante como  recorrer las c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57508371">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The second book that I've read in Spanish, this one left me feeling distinctly meh. A promising conceit - an extraterrestrial lands in Barcelona, in search of one of his crewmates and reports on the local population and customs. However, the execution, despite having the definite virtue of brevity (...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4171257">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An extra-terrestrial arrives on earth to look for his colleague, Gurb. Although he can materialize a human appearance and has keen powers of observation and data analysis, his assessments lack certain social sensibilities. A good example is when a waiter asks what he would like to drink, he responds...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25377007">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Leí este libro en el instituto y por obligación, pero tengo de él muy buenos recuerdos. Es una historia llena de humor y crítica ante la Barcelona posterior a las Olimpiadas fantásticamente escrita. Es muy fácil de leer, hasta el punto de que en un momento se termina sin que sepas muy bien có...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1245034">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very funny, easy-to-read book. Short chapters. It is most enjoyable if you are familiar with the pre-olympic situation of the city of Barcelona, right before 1992.<br/>Made me laugh out loud at some points. Reccomendable if, as a non-spanish-speaker, you're looking for something easy and not very d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60087646">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Es bueno, pero, esperaba más, si me hizo reír, pero, mis expectativas eran más altas.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ridiculous humor and highly enjoyable! Especially appealing to those who have travelled to Catalonia once before.  I am a great fan of Eduardo Mendoza's bizarre humor.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned to love Barcelona through it<br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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