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1amcorrea
* I've just begun Bariloche, but already am very interested in his focus on the everyday...and how common objects hint at deeper mysteries/stories in the main character's mind.
* Demetrio Rota. Brilliant.
* I like that there's no dialogue punctuation...and that each character's voice is so distinctive.
* Rota prepares himself (like an artist) for the task at hand...makes coffee...sits at his table... But it isn't a painting he's working on--it's a rompecabezas. Blurred boundaries of reality and the life in his head...
* In section IX there's a switch to the first person...at the mention of Her.
Lovely. I'm really enjoying it and hope to post more soon!
Ana María
* Demetrio Rota. Brilliant.
* I like that there's no dialogue punctuation...and that each character's voice is so distinctive.
* Rota prepares himself (like an artist) for the task at hand...makes coffee...sits at his table... But it isn't a painting he's working on--it's a rompecabezas. Blurred boundaries of reality and the life in his head...
* In section IX there's a switch to the first person...at the mention of Her.
Lovely. I'm really enjoying it and hope to post more soon!
Ana María
2amcorrea
Another reaction here:
http://readingthebogota39.typepad.com/
There's just too much to say, which why I've been speechless for so long. I could write more...just need a little distance. It's still too near.
http://readingthebogota39.typepad.com/
There's just too much to say, which why I've been speechless for so long. I could write more...just need a little distance. It's still too near.
3Tenderhorse
A few more thoughts on Bariloche:
- Neuman's sense of voice is very good, the dialogue flows, stops and starts very convincingly. All that Argie slang is going to be a challenge for the eventual translator, but it works really well here.
- There is a dream-like atmosphere to the sections in the past, when Demetrio recalls his flame-haired lover (!), and also to the sex scenes with Veronica, contrasting with the more abrupt reality of his rubbish collecting hours. He is increasingly pulled more towards the dream-like side of his life, however, and you get the sense he almost ends up inside one of his own puzzles.
- The almost angry pity Demetrio feels towards El Negro's stupidity at not realising who is having an affair with his wife - a very believable emotion.
On another note, after finishing the book I remembered I had a copy of La canción del antílope, a book of poetry by Neuman published in 2003. I wonder if anyone else has read this?
Rosalind
- Neuman's sense of voice is very good, the dialogue flows, stops and starts very convincingly. All that Argie slang is going to be a challenge for the eventual translator, but it works really well here.
- There is a dream-like atmosphere to the sections in the past, when Demetrio recalls his flame-haired lover (!), and also to the sex scenes with Veronica, contrasting with the more abrupt reality of his rubbish collecting hours. He is increasingly pulled more towards the dream-like side of his life, however, and you get the sense he almost ends up inside one of his own puzzles.
- The almost angry pity Demetrio feels towards El Negro's stupidity at not realising who is having an affair with his wife - a very believable emotion.
On another note, after finishing the book I remembered I had a copy of La canción del antílope, a book of poetry by Neuman published in 2003. I wonder if anyone else has read this?
Rosalind
4Tenderhorse
A few more thoughts on Bariloche:
- Neuman's sense of voice is very good, the dialogue flows, stops and starts very convincingly. All that Argie slang is going to be a challenge for the eventual translator, but it works really well here.
- There is a dream-like atmosphere to the sections in the past, when Demetrio recalls his flame-haired lover (!), and also to the sex scenes with Veronica, contrasting with the more abrupt reality of his rubbish collecting hours. He is increasingly pulled more towards the dream-like side of his life, however, and you get the sense he almost ends up inside one of his own puzzles.
- The almost angry pity Demetrio feels towards El Negro's stupidity at not realising who is having an affair with his wife - a very believable emotion.
On another note, after finishing the book I remembered I had a copy of La canción del antílope, a book of poetry by Neuman published in 2003. I wonder if anyone else has read this?
Rosalind
- Neuman's sense of voice is very good, the dialogue flows, stops and starts very convincingly. All that Argie slang is going to be a challenge for the eventual translator, but it works really well here.
- There is a dream-like atmosphere to the sections in the past, when Demetrio recalls his flame-haired lover (!), and also to the sex scenes with Veronica, contrasting with the more abrupt reality of his rubbish collecting hours. He is increasingly pulled more towards the dream-like side of his life, however, and you get the sense he almost ends up inside one of his own puzzles.
- The almost angry pity Demetrio feels towards El Negro's stupidity at not realising who is having an affair with his wife - a very believable emotion.
On another note, after finishing the book I remembered I had a copy of La canción del antílope, a book of poetry by Neuman published in 2003. I wonder if anyone else has read this?
Rosalind
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