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El Sur by Thomas G. Deveny, Adelaida García Morales

laurarevelesg's review

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emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

elizabethlk's review

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4.0

3.5 stars.

I recently saw the film El Sur for the first time thanks to the library having a copy of the DVD, and luckily for me the Criterion edition came with a copy of the novella in the case. This crisp translation reveals lovely prose, written much as though the protagonist were speaking to her dead father. It's much more melancholy than I expected, but this isn't me knocking it. Overall this is a solid novella that is well worth reading for anyone looking for a coming of age story that's sad and contemplative.

and_cont's review

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dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

juangbenot's review

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4.0

(3,5 / 5)

Me ha entusiasmado la capacidad de concentración de eventos: todo sucede en muy pocas páginas y, aun así, no se pierde la fuerza misteriosa que parece dirigir todo el proceso narrativo. La expresión, quizá demasiado intimista a veces, está focalizada en las primeras personas narradoras de tal manera que se logra encadenar vidas enteras en pocos párrafos sin perder la hondura ni la perspectiva. Los temas de los relatos largos / novelas breves se encadenan y parecen pertenecer a un mismo mundo (vida rural, relaciones familiares extrañas, magia e incesto), aunque en ocasiones su extrañeza parece demasiado buscada.
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