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Conversation in the Cathedral

Mario Vargas Llosa

Start date: October 1, 2024

Finish date: December 31, 2024

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Oct 13, 2009 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: latin-american-literature, nobel-prize

Zavalita y el zambo Ambrosio conversan en La Catedral. Estamos en Perú, durante el 'ochenio' dictatorial del general Manuel A. Odría. Unas cuantas cervezas y un río de palabras en libertad para responder a la palabra amordazada por la dictadura. ...more

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Jan 25, 2022 Xan Shadowflutter rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary, foreign, 2022_reads

Difficult book to read. Separate dialogues interleaved with one another for no apparent reason other than to confuse the reader. And then there is the morose view of the human condition. Not a smile to be found between the covers, but the story stays with you for a while after finishing it. I'd read this with a group. You need the viewpoints of others to fully understand the story. ...more

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Oct 11, 2024 GONZA rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: posseduto, goodreadsgroups

Como no podía seguir la historia, seguí leyendo sobre todo por el lenguaje, que me gustó, pero también me resultó bastante difícil. El español que aprendí era más europeo que sudamericano.

Siccome non riuscivo a seguire la storia, ho continuato a leggere fondamentalmente per la lingua, che era molto musicale, ma anche piuttosto difficile. Lo spagnolo che ho imparato io é piú europeo che sudamericano.

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