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Обичам книги, които разказват семейни истории/саги. Обичам и книги, които разказват за страната си, за манталитета на хората си. Обичам книги, от които научаваш нещо. "Краткият чуден живот на Оскар Уао" е точно такава книга - непретинциозна, интересна, семейна история. Едва ли има много книги у нас (изобщо ако има друга), от които можеш да научиш нещо повече за Доминиканската Република, за нейната история, за нейният народ и за фуку! Страхотни препратки към фентъзи и фантастика жанра, и МНОООГО
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I like this book, but I not as much as I think I would do (yeah, high expectation is a bitch). The story of a nerd guy from DR is interesting and full of references to nerd culture, like sci-fi, comics and fantasy books. I guess I've missed some of them (maybe most of them? I got Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, that's all I can remember). There's the main narrator, but some parts are told by other characters, and I really loved the notes about DR history. It's interesting that the author uses Spanish te
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