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    <body><![CDATA[<p> Marie Arana, editor of <em>Washington Post Book World</em> and author of the memoir <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/82872.American_Chica_Two_Worlds_One_Childhood" title="American Chica  Two Worlds, One Childhood by Marie Arana">American Chica</a> </em>(2001), a finalist for the National Book Award, skillfully balances humor and passion in her engaging debut novel. Critics applaud all aspects of the novel, from setting to characterization to plot to Arana's ...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45461066">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a new magical realist text, and it is handled quite well.  the invention and use of cellophane parallels the stories of this chaotic and quirky family.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cellophane is a rather flamboyant book set it in an exotic setting with very strange characters.  The main character, Don Victor Sobrevilla Paniagua, is obsessed with his fantasy of being able to create cellophane from the earthly components that are found the jungle of Peru.  When he finally succee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42516632">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Magical realism. When Don Juan decides to make cellophane in his remote jungle paper factory he is unprepared for the result of success. The product’s transparency infects the Don and all those who live on the hacienda; there are plagues of truth and desire as a result.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well written, interesting ideas and characters but runs out of steam towards the end. Basically it failed the memory test - I can't remember what happened in the end! Definitely would have been improved by cutting 100+ pages. 2 1/2 stars.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Four stars because I was transported to the Peruvian rivers and jungle, and for the depiction of varied characters  and their struggles to adapt to circumstances.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have yet to read it but I won the book at work and I heard it was good but havent had the chance to begin reading it.  ]]></body>
    
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