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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A view from Cuba - and Cuba’s failure. Based in 2019, I wonder how it would be modified if written today - more broken scratchy records..
Found this by chance on the 'new' shelf at the library, read it in one weekday. (That's not surprising, you'll know why when you see it, it's less than 100 pages.) My feelings are conflicted. I liked it, it's a hauntingly realistic portrayal of the life of a person who's lost, hoping for purpose. I can easily draw parallels between it and my life, what I know to be true of the lives of those living in poverty in the US, and what I know about the lives of Cuban's today having traveled there in late 2015. When I got to the end I was feeling both disappointment and relief, as if it were somehow too short and too long all at the same time. (Yes, that's cryptic. Deal with it.)
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
informative
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Guevara bruger konceptet med en LP, mere præcist en ridset LP, helt ud hvor det kan blive for meget. I hvert fald i starten, hvor mit bud er at gentagelsen af det skal spejle det monotone i hovedpersonens verden:
Det heller kører i ring, som en LP med en ridse, der gentager det samme igen og igen. På samme måde bliver plade-metaforen gentaget ad nauseam. Men: Samtidig med at der begynder at komme sprækker i den repetative hverdag hos hovedpersonen, begynder de ridsede plader også at forsvinde fra teksten.
Jeg var godt underholdt. Det giver et (formoder jeg korrekt) insiderbillede fra Cuba. Et samfund i en nedadgående spiral.
Det heller kører i ring, som en LP med en ridse, der gentager det samme igen og igen. På samme måde bliver plade-metaforen gentaget ad nauseam. Men: Samtidig med at der begynder at komme sprækker i den repetative hverdag hos hovedpersonen, begynder de ridsede plader også at forsvinde fra teksten.
Jeg var godt underholdt. Det giver et (formoder jeg korrekt) insiderbillede fra Cuba. Et samfund i en nedadgående spiral.
Η απογοήτευση των ανθρώπων που πίστεψαν στην επανάσταση στην Κούβα. Ίσως να μην γινόταν τόσος ντόρος αν ο συγγραφέας δεν ήταν εγγονός του Τσε Γκεβάρα
There's a kind of poetic quality to these 33 vignette-like mini-chapters. Guevara beats the broken/scratched record analogy to death, but doesn't totally get in the way of conveying a sense of being stuck, of the well-worn groove whose revolutions continue mechanically. I'd say the whole was probably less than some stellar parts, but some of those parts (an observation, a turn of phrase) were magnificent. 'Tis a strange little creation that only took little more than an hour or so to read (including time to underline passages and jot down notes/thoughts).
A very clear picture is painted, I was able to see each day, each interaction. Very well written.