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5.0 out of 5 stars
A surprise of a book
I was looking for contemporary new Latin American writers and found a top 10 list. I had heard of most of those writers but not this one so I bought this book (in English) and it was very well translated (well, it's Paul Bowles after all.) I really enjoyed this short, very short stories from different points of view and I passed this book to some friends to read.
Published 22 months ago by Isabel Santos
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1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Hopefully a bad translation
Well, I had high hopes for this. The summary on the back sounded very interesting, but it ended up being rather boring. It seemed like the author was trying to write poetry in prose form. The idea was kind of cool, but it really lacked something. Parts of the different descriptions were intriguing, but in the end it left you wondering exactly what happened. I know it was...
Published on June 10, 2003 by Caris O'Malley
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A surprise of a book,
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This review is from: Dust on Her Tongue (Paperback)
I was looking for contemporary new Latin American writers and found a top 10 list. I had heard of most of those writers but not this one so I bought this book (in English) and it was very well translated (well, it's Paul Bowles after all.) I really enjoyed this short, very short stories from different points of view and I passed this book to some friends to read.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Magic in Guatemala,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dust on Her Tongue (Paperback)
"Set in Guatemala, these spare and beautiful tales are linked by themes of magic, violence, and the fragility of existence. Paul Bowles' translation perfectly captures Rey Rosa's stories of the haunted lives of ordinary people in present-day Central America."
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Hopefully a bad translation,
By Caris O'Malley "break_so_easily" (Mesa, AZ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dust on Her Tongue (Paperback)
Well, I had high hopes for this. The summary on the back sounded very interesting, but it ended up being rather boring. It seemed like the author was trying to write poetry in prose form. The idea was kind of cool, but it really lacked something. Parts of the different descriptions were intriguing, but in the end it left you wondering exactly what happened. I know it was about "True" life in Guatemala, but that's it. Some ideas were worth pondering and I recommend this for a suicidal college poet, but not anyone else.
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Dust on Her Tongue by Rodrigo Rey Rosa (Paperback - January 1, 2001)
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