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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
hallucinations
Although it was a bit difficult do get into, once I did, it was non stop. I knew that it was somewhat based upon factual occurrences but the "hallucination" parts were a bit disconcerting. He talks of escape a number of times and these can vary between mental as well as physical escape. It was a bit mind-blowing when I finally finished and had time to process the entire...
Published on February 17, 2005 by Caroline Miller
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2 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
move on, christian soldiers
The author clearly choose to forgo such things as character and detail of description in creating this short, yet way too long, epic of astoundingly bad proportions. The aesthetic is of his choosing, but it's simply not very good, IMHO. A very poor man's take on the picaresque tale. Some sentences were quite pleasing, however. And the scenes in the Cadiz prison...
Published on August 15, 2003 by G. Busy
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
hallucinations,
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This review is from: Hallucinations: or, The Ill-Fated Peregrinations of Fray Servando (Paperback)
Although it was a bit difficult do get into, once I did, it was non stop. I knew that it was somewhat based upon factual occurrences but the "hallucination" parts were a bit disconcerting. He talks of escape a number of times and these can vary between mental as well as physical escape. It was a bit mind-blowing when I finally finished and had time to process the entire story. Wow.
2 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
move on, christian soldiers,
By G. Busy (busan, korea) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hallucinations: or, The Ill-Fated Peregrinations of Fray Servando (Paperback)
The author clearly choose to forgo such things as character and detail of description in creating this short, yet way too long, epic of astoundingly bad proportions. The aesthetic is of his choosing, but it's simply not very good, IMHO. A very poor man's take on the picaresque tale. Some sentences were quite pleasing, however. And the scenes in the Cadiz prison with the rats are also good. On the whole, though, please do not waste your time. Move on to some of the author's other work, which is probably better since it could be no worse. |
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Hallucinations: or, The Ill-Fated Peregrinations of Fray Servando by Reinaldo Arenas (Paperback - December 31, 2001)
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