Flora's review
Tales from the Town of Widows
by James Cañón (Goodreads author!)
Flora's review
Tales from the Town of Widows by James Cañón (Goodreads author!)
Flora's review
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recommended for: idealists, Garcia-Marquez fans, and, well, men
What a charming discovery from a library shelf!
So the men of the village are marched off by guerrillas, presumably never to be seen again. How do the women survive? What mental and social resources do they draw upon? It's delightful, entertaining, a bit mystical and probably what every guy secretly thinks would happen if women were left long enough to their own devices. (The author is graceful enough to be plausible about most of this.) Not terribly flattering to Catholicism, or men, for that matter.
So the men of the village are marched off by guerrillas, presumably never to be seen again. How do the women survive? What mental and social resources do they draw upon? It's delightful, entertaining, a bit mystical and probably what every guy secretly thinks would happen if women were left long enough to their own devices. (The author is graceful enough to be plausible about most of this.) Not terribly flattering to Catholicism, or men, for that matter.
