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st4rlight's review against another edition
4.0
حاصل الطرح - أليا ترابوكو ثيران
حاصل الطرح رواية عن الماضي والأسر التي دمرتها دكتاتورية بينوشيه، حكاية متعددة الأصوات وقوية وفريدة، تنتمي لنوع جديد من الأدب التشيلي يعرف بأدب الأبناء.
ساعدتني ملاحظات المترجم محمد الفولي وهوامشه في قراءة الرواية وفهمها بشكل أفضل .
حاصل الطرح رواية عن الماضي والأسر التي دمرتها دكتاتورية بينوشيه، حكاية متعددة الأصوات وقوية وفريدة، تنتمي لنوع جديد من الأدب التشيلي يعرف بأدب الأبناء.
ساعدتني ملاحظات المترجم محمد الفولي وهوامشه في قراءة الرواية وفهمها بشكل أفضل .
wrengaia's review against another edition
2.0
This is a book that constantly teases its reader into thinking that it's about to become magnificent, that there will be some brilliant revelation, but never delivers on this promise. It lacks coherence and strength, I think, which is frustrating because it contains some truly brilliant ideas. Ultimately, Zerán demands that we rethink remembrance of the dead - whether this be collective memory, historical memory, or a personal remembrance. There are scenes that are utterly enchanting, but they're only loosely held together by a cast of characters who seem to edge towards wonderful richness but never quite arrive, and so instead seem hollow and two dimensional. I can understand why this book has received such critical acclaim, but for me it fell short of what I was expecting by quite some margin.
niamhreadgood's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
jg8895's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Beautifully written and translated, such an interesting and different story, just lacking a little more connection-building. Unique and worthy of a read.
libbyruddfathers's review against another edition
3.75
hmmmm interesting
at first i didnt like felipe's whole stream of consciousness thing with the insanely long sentences but i grew to enjoy it- and i also liked his horrific interjections to the story (eg the bird scene).
not sure if the poetic rambly style is completely for me but the writing is beautiful. i also was a little confused at the end (about what actually ended up happening to paloma and iquela? i think i slightly was not paying attention in the last 10 or so pages)
felipe's ending was wonderfully described i thought
at first i didnt like felipe's whole stream of consciousness thing with the insanely long sentences but i grew to enjoy it- and i also liked his horrific interjections to the story (eg the bird scene).
not sure if the poetic rambly style is completely for me but the writing is beautiful. i also was a little confused at the end (about what actually ended up happening to paloma and iquela? i think i slightly was not paying attention in the last 10 or so pages)
felipe's ending was wonderfully described i thought
alodiaga's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
jenni8fer's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
Three young people - Felipe, Iquela, and Paloma - children of ex-militants in Chile are haunted by remnants of the country's terrible history. Felipe and Iquela are cousins, while Paloma's Chilean mother was married to a German and she grew up in Germany after her parents fled the country prior to her birth. Paloma visited Iquela and her family as a child but only returns later as an adult to have her deceased mother flown from Germany to Chile to be buried. Only the flight carrying the body is rerouted to land outside of Chile. All three go on a road trip in a hearse to Argentina in search of Paloma's mother's body, all three dealing with differing mental fragilities. Paloma is grief-stricken in a foreign country; Iquela has issues with her overbearing mother and growing up with a father who was dying, and Felipe is highly sensitive to thinking he sees dead bodies everywhere he goes. He is concerned with reconciling the dead to a remainder of zero so that they will go away. Both he and Iquela lost their fathers; his father was turned in and tortured to death, so he is especially fragile. None of the three make it back home. Felipe deserts the women with the body and finds salvation in the liquid elixir that Paloma's mother was taking for her cancer, a hallucinogenic drug, prior to her death that gives him a high that ultimately kills him. Haunting and surreal.
Three young people - Felipe, Iquela, and Paloma - children of ex-militants in Chile are haunted by remnants of the country's terrible history. Felipe and Iquela are cousins, while Paloma's Chilean mother was married to a German and she grew up in Germany after her parents fled the country prior to her birth. Paloma visited Iquela and her family as a child but only returns later as an adult to have her deceased mother flown from Germany to Chile to be buried. Only the flight carrying the body is rerouted to land outside of Chile. All three go on a road trip in a hearse to Argentina in search of Paloma's mother's body, all three dealing with differing mental fragilities. Paloma is grief-stricken in a foreign country; Iquela has issues with her overbearing mother and growing up with a father who was dying, and Felipe is highly sensitive to thinking he sees dead bodies everywhere he goes. He is concerned with reconciling the dead to a remainder of zero so that they will go away. Both he and Iquela lost their fathers; his father was turned in and tortured to death, so he is especially fragile. None of the three make it back home. Felipe deserts the women with the body and finds salvation in the liquid elixir that Paloma's mother was taking for her cancer, a hallucinogenic drug, prior to her death that gives him a high that ultimately kills him. Haunting and surreal.
lene_kretzsch's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75