José María Arguedas, Deep Rivers
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A lively swing of events rolls into place at the beginning of the novel, full of musical brilliance, unknown voices, and objects scattered across empty spaces. This is a book of wavering stars. And in this midst of it all there is a shadow of contempla…
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Joseph Zobel, Black Shack Alley
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Black shack alley was definitely a longer read than my previous book Agostino, however, even in its sadness, I felt like the pages took me on a long immersive journey. There was no dramatic twists or anything shocking that would make my eyes pop out or do a double take while reading the text. The […]
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feb 8, 2026 Reading this book was really depressing compared to reading the previous books, even though it had simpler wording, the descriptions of the author’s childhood is very vivid and raw and the dread just goes on and on as we see how they live under discrimination and their family’s struggles. It took me […]
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