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As a Friend by Forrest Gander

missterremoto's review against another edition

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5.0

Hace años mi ex me prestó este libro. Supongo que me conocía bien y sabía que me gustaría. Lo tuve esperando en mi librero demasiado tiempo. No planeo devolvérselo. Sorry y gracias, dude. La vida de Les, topógrafo escribidor de poesía, se narra desde tres ángulos, de manera fragmentada, ligera, pero sumamente bella.

reads_avec_chats's review against another edition

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4.0

A beautiful book.

kingkong's review against another edition

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2.0

The first part was cool. He should have just done that

stefanieh's review

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5.0

I very much enjoyed this slim novel. The emotional intensity of the book took my breath away at times. It is not a happy book but it isn't depressing either. It is a book that makes you think about friendship and consequences.

bookmage's review

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3.0

The writing was really nice, and you could tell it was written by a poet. The insights and some of the imagery were spot on. The story wasn't super great, but I'm not really into the sparse modern prose thing when telling a story. If I had more time, I'd definitely read it again, but slower and much more deliberately.
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