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pagoto's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.25
danamsbrown's review against another edition
3.0
This was no light reading. Sergio Pitol is something of a mix between Medieval Spanish literature and a postmodern approach on ars poetica.
This is one of those novels you don't summarize, because of its complexity and because you have to read it for how it's written and not what it tells.
Although not a long novel, it grabs the attention and engulfs you. The narration flows naturally from one idea to the next, you're taken on a geographical and psychological journey where places and characters intertwine and boundaries between them dissolve.
La Divina Garza is a grotesque figure that you can't help but admire.
Definitely worth spending time on.
Oh, and Gogol's featured.
This is one of those novels you don't summarize, because of its complexity and because you have to read it for how it's written and not what it tells.
Although not a long novel, it grabs the attention and engulfs you. The narration flows naturally from one idea to the next, you're taken on a geographical and psychological journey where places and characters intertwine and boundaries between them dissolve.
La Divina Garza is a grotesque figure that you can't help but admire.
Definitely worth spending time on.
Oh, and Gogol's featured.
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