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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
challenging
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inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Maybe I just don’t really “get” poetry, but I liked Solito a lot more.
DNF
DNF
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
An intense and moving collection of poems, written by someone who actually traveled from El Salvador to the US when he was nine years old.
Zamora expresses his personal experiences with regards to his living situation in El Salvador, his journey to, and his arrival in the US. Through poems that are dedicated to family and close friends, or written from their perspective, the reader gets to know Zamora's family, but most of all, they get to know Zamora himself.
It must have been difficult to publish such a personal piece of literature, where memories, fears and insecurities are expressed so vulnerably, but in the end, this has a much bigger impact on the reader than the general facts and numbers they are usually confronted with, in regards to the Central American refugee crisis in the US.
It's not a fun book to read, but it gives the reader an insight into the experience of someone who crossed several borders as a nine-year-old, and who still struggles with racism and injustice in the US. And despite its harrowing subject, the poems can still be enjoyed for their literary quality and the sincerity with which Zamora tells his story.
Zamora expresses his personal experiences with regards to his living situation in El Salvador, his journey to, and his arrival in the US. Through poems that are dedicated to family and close friends, or written from their perspective, the reader gets to know Zamora's family, but most of all, they get to know Zamora himself.
It must have been difficult to publish such a personal piece of literature, where memories, fears and insecurities are expressed so vulnerably, but in the end, this has a much bigger impact on the reader than the general facts and numbers they are usually confronted with, in regards to the Central American refugee crisis in the US.
It's not a fun book to read, but it gives the reader an insight into the experience of someone who crossed several borders as a nine-year-old, and who still struggles with racism and injustice in the US. And despite its harrowing subject, the poems can still be enjoyed for their literary quality and the sincerity with which Zamora tells his story.
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
Very topical poems on the immigrant experience. Javier Zamora is from El Salvador, and his parents left for the US when he was very young and he followed when he was 9 years old. He writes from the perspective of his parents and other people in his family on the savagery of civil war and the ordeals people like his family would undertake, crossing brutal terrain for the hope of a better life. Read more on my booklog
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
A stirring call to action, a tender boy's reflection.