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March 29
The Feast of the Goa... Leslie gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Feast of the Goat (Paperback)
by Mario Vargas-Llosa
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February 20
EL LIBRO DE LOS ABRA... Leslie gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
EL LIBRO DE LOS ABRAZOS (Creacion Literaria)
by Eduardo H. Galeano
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February 19
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"You could not tell a story like this. A story like this you could only feel."Peter Carey
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"Tighten your fingers around a teaspoon, feel its metal pulse, its mistrustful warning. How it hurts to refuse a spoon, to say no to a door, to deny everything habit has licked to a suitable smoothness. How much simpler to accept the easy request of the spoon, to use it, to stir the coffee." — Julio Cortázar
Othello Leslie added:
Othello (Folger Shakespeare Library)
by William Shakespeare
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The Black Jacobins: ... Leslie added:
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution (Paperback)
by C. L. R. James
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February 18
The Kingdom of This ... Leslie gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Kingdom of This World: A Novel (Paperback)
by Alejo Carpentier
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Leslie Leslie said: "Lo Real Maravilloso... the precursor to magic realism, or one of them. Alejo Carpentier takes the bizarre history of Haiti and imbues it with life and magic, all of which actually occurred or was believed to occur. It is vibrant and unbelievable, but...more "
Toussaint Louverture... Leslie added:
Toussaint Louverture: A Biography (Hardcover)
by Madison Smartt Bell
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read in January, 2008

Leslie Leslie said: "Madison Smartt Bell presents a fairly balanced portrayal of a larger-than-life figure in Caribbean and slave-revolution history. it's hard to sit by and read impassive accounts of the atrocities that surge through Haitian history, but Bell's attempt ...more "




Leslie's favorite quotes

"Tighten your fingers around a teaspoon, feel its metal pulse, its mistrustful warning. How it hurts to refuse a spoon, to say no to a door, to deny everything habit has licked to a suitable smoothness. How much simpler to accept the easy request of the spoon, to use it, to stir the coffee."
— Julio Cortázar

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"You could not tell a story like this. A story like this you could only feel."
Peter Carey (Oscar and Lucinda)




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