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  <title><![CDATA[Los Anos Con Laura Diaz/the Years With Laura Diaz (Punto de Lectura)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Laura D&#180;az is a passionated character, intimately connected to many historical events. Through her story, Carlos Fuentes writes the journal of the Mexican twentieth century, supporting his novel with facts and characters that define the shape of today's Mexico.</default_description>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[“Language is like the world: it will outlive us” P. 62<br/>	“You can be a social arbiter, but power and money will always have more privileges than elegance and good manners.”<br/>	“The world becomes too flat without ceremonies to mark the passage of time.”<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Encantadora historia y si gustas de Frida Khalo y Diego Rivera este es un buen libro donde se plasman las pasiones , politica y problemas de un Mexico y una pareja tan excentrica y creativa]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was good but a tad heavy on the political topics for me. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I kinda liked reading it, but couldn't be bothered to finish.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bueno, en realidad no es los ano, sino los AÑOS con Laura Diaz. Me está matando está incapacidad de Facebook de mostrar las eñes y las tildes.<br/>El libro me gustó mucho. Fue el primero que leí luego de una sequí lectora de casi 10 años.<br/>La descripción del México de principios de si...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23853951">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[always loved carlos fuentes. probably my favorite of his that i've read so far. again, i'm obsessed with mexican history, so i'm a little biased. but i just loved the idea of this book--tracing 20th century mexican history through the eyes of a woman. historical fiction at it's best. beautifully wri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12896623">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sorry, Chuck, but The Day is Rained Tortillas and Drink Cultura were much better. Couldnt even force myself to finish it after investing in over 200 pages. One of only a handfull of times Ive given up on a book. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Started this one &amp; pronise to finish it soon...but I feel like I can't be in Haiti &amp; Mexico at the same time (emotionally, mentally...oh &amp; physically as well).]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great way to bring to life 100 years of Mexican history, but found the character of Laura somewhat flat.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great story about Mexico.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't finish this:  it wasn't that the book was too difficult; it was boring, and halfway through, I couldn't see the point.]]></body>
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