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I know that this book is supposed to be magic realism and there is some of that air about the book. But to me it seems more like a fairy tale crossed with a telanovela.
The bare, simple language (to be fair, this may very well be a product of translation), static unchanging characters, and the exaggeration of events are more in line with a fairy tale than with realism. Literal rivers or floods of tears and people so inflamed with passion that water turns to steam as it touches them are anything b ...more
The bare, simple language (to be fair, this may very well be a product of translation), static unchanging characters, and the exaggeration of events are more in line with a fairy tale than with realism. Literal rivers or floods of tears and people so inflamed with passion that water turns to steam as it touches them are anything b ...more
Jul 19, 2011
Katy
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The language is rich and the underlying Latin influence is beautiful.
But the story itself is not one that touched me.
But the story itself is not one that touched me.
Great read. I was mad a lot about some of the “traditions”. I really liked the writing style.
Nov 08, 2009
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