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Eduardo Sanchez Rugeles
Literary Fiction
This teenage angst saga is basically a Catcher in the Rye with danger, updated for the 1990s, in a country undergoing vast and universal changes. I read this book for a reading the world group I am in, and probably would never have picked this up on my own. Its set in Caracas, Venezuela, currently the world's most dangerous city, but also beautiful coastal city. We follow Eugenia, a fairly well off girl who will be entering her last year of school ...more
Eduardo Sanchez Rugeles
Literary Fiction
This teenage angst saga is basically a Catcher in the Rye with danger, updated for the 1990s, in a country undergoing vast and universal changes. I read this book for a reading the world group I am in, and probably would never have picked this up on my own. Its set in Caracas, Venezuela, currently the world's most dangerous city, but also beautiful coastal city. We follow Eugenia, a fairly well off girl who will be entering her last year of school ...more
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In the early 2000s, a young Venezuelan and her classmate set off on a
road trip through Venezuela in search of a French grandfather who can set her free with a case of whisky, and Blonde on Blonde on tape. From here forward, whenever I hear "Visions of Johanna", I'm going to find myself in a beat up car driving through Venezuela. ...more
road trip through Venezuela in search of a French grandfather who can set her free with a case of whisky, and Blonde on Blonde on tape. From here forward, whenever I hear "Visions of Johanna", I'm going to find myself in a beat up car driving through Venezuela. ...more
