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Book set in pre-Castro Cuba during the heyday of the nightclub scene. All the characters are connected in some way to the club world or are artists of some type, and most take turns telling his or her story. Infante plays with words, creates puns and dialogue that has you laughing or shaking your head and wondering how someone can be so clever. And this is a translation from Spanish. Recommended for anyone who loves Cuban culture and non-linear stories.
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Nothing to see here people. Move along.
At least, if you’ve read any Sterne (1759) or later Joyce or Tristram Shandy or Ulysses (1904) in particular, you will find all this (1967) has been done long, long before, and it will start to pale on you very shortly after you begin the novel.
Worse, though, is that it hails from Latin America, an area of the world I’ve long had no literary inspiration from, with one minor exception. That only compounded my misery.
In fact, I’m betting the only reason it’s ...more
At least, if you’ve read any Sterne (1759) or later Joyce or Tristram Shandy or Ulysses (1904) in particular, you will find all this (1967) has been done long, long before, and it will start to pale on you very shortly after you begin the novel.
Worse, though, is that it hails from Latin America, an area of the world I’ve long had no literary inspiration from, with one minor exception. That only compounded my misery.
In fact, I’m betting the only reason it’s ...more
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