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Um livro sobre um livro, narrado a muitas vozes, com histórias dentro de histórias. Um labirinto geográfico e temporal, que aborda questões como racismo, colonialismo, luto, plágio, identidade e o meio literário.
Uma cadência fascinante, que se desdobra em muitas camadas, se conectando aos poucos. E há muito mais nesse livro, profundo, cheio de ideias e frases impactantes.


"Jamais tente dizer do que fala um grande livro. Ou, se você o fizer, eis a única resposta possível: não fala de nada. Um grande livro sempre fala de nada e, no entanto, tudo está lá".

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challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Está curioso, pero cuesta HORRORES meterse esto por vena. No es que sea malo, es que no es para mí y me he perdido demasiado en el melodrama. 
reflective medium-paced

Var tvungen att läsa denna bok till min kurs och den var bra! Otroligt välskriven med komplicerade karaktärer och starka historier.
adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
slow-paced

In my opinion, books that tackle the topic of books and authors themselves can easily go wrong because they often take themselves over seriously. There was an interesting plot in this about uncovering the story of several generations of men and their relationship with colonialism and education, but it was steeped in too much melodrama about writers and writing for me.