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A writer remembers his childhood friend, M, who was disappeared in Argentina's Dirty War. No library descriptions found. |
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For the sake of the concrete storytelling, though, let's go with a four-star (enjoyed it) rating. Both the anecdotes of M's and the narrator's lives, as well as the stories told by M and his father, were interesting at, at times, even engrossing when combined with Chejfec's excellent writing style. Parts of the book had an almost magical realist quality that I love in novels, though in this case it exists in the absence of any tangible magic or supernatural elements. This will be a book that I re-read in later years, hopefully to catch some of the more abstract intricacies that I missed on the first read-through.
Disclaimer: I received my copy of this book through GoodReads First Look in return for an honest review. ( )