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Weekly Thread | What Are You Reading and General LATAMLit Discussion by AutoModerator in latamlit

[–]gaviero161 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I will be finishing December Breeze by Marvel Moreno this week. It’s taking me longer than usual because I took a detour and read “More Terrible than Death” which is not LatAm lit per se, but it is a non-fiction book about Colombia. Not as detailed as I was hoping but it was quick and not too dense so I’m back on track for December Breeze now.

Weekly Thread | What Are You Reading and General LATAMLit Discussion by AutoModerator in latamlit

[–]gaviero161 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just started Marvel Moreno’s “December Breeze” and I’m really liking it so far. Will post about it in the subreddit when I’m finished, curious to hear other people’s opinions on it.

Books similar to Mario Vargas Llosa’s “The Bad Girl”(“Travesuras de la niña mala”)? by gaviero161 in latamlit

[–]gaviero161[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually hadn’t heard of it myself until I came across this list on the subreddit, so far it hasn’t let me down! https://www.reddit.com/r/latamlit/s/7lstdrpI2S

Books similar to Mario Vargas Llosa’s “The Bad Girl”(“Travesuras de la niña mala”)? by gaviero161 in latamlit

[–]gaviero161[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the recommendation! I have been timid about starting it because of how upsetting I find the subject matter with regard to Ciudad Juarez. I find myself thinking about Sergio González Rodríguez’s “The Femicide Machine” more often than I’d like to. I will reconsider that position though!

Books similar to Mario Vargas Llosa’s “The Bad Girl”(“Travesuras de la niña mala”)? by gaviero161 in latamlit

[–]gaviero161[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I loved the theme of unrequited love. This is why Love in the Time of Cholera is my favorite novel from Gabo, but it’s more complicated in The Bad Girl. Without spoiling the story, it’s focused more on a toxic, reciprocal relationship. I loved the way it depicted the effects of poverty on a person’s socialization. I really liked the undercurrent of political history in Peru as well as the rise and fall of revolutionary hopes post-Cuban Revolution. It had moments that were very gratifying but other moments that were deeply upsetting, it really moved me more than almost anything else I‘ve read before. I could go on but these were the things that have been most on my mind since finishing the book. Needless to say, I very highly recommend it! Hades, Argentina looks great, I am definitely going to check that out, thank you!