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Senora Honeycomb: A Novel

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This is a wonderfully written novel. I spent the past year writing about this book for my senior thesis, so I pretty much know it inside out. The language is beautiful and Buitrago is a master a combining wit, parody, dark comedy, and sexual longing into one coherent and compelling narrative. However, I don't think that this translation does it justice. The language is clunky, and loses a lot of the brilliance and tone that make the original so special. Even the English title is a poor choice in my opinion (I would have chosen the more literal and more sensual "The Woman of Honey"). Overall, it's a beautiful novel, but I would suggest reading it the original Spanish if possible (Spanish title - "Señora de la miel").

In the true footsteps of "Like Water For Chocolate", Fanny Buitrago has brought forth another erotic Latin book that has to do with deceit, food, sex, and human emotions. I thought this story was excellent in the way it was told, and I do encourage Ms. Buitrago to write more like it!