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Emiliano Monge

Author of Among the Lost

11+ Works 139 Members 19 Reviews 1 Favorited

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Includes the name: Monge Emiliano

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Bogotá 39: New Voices from Latin America (2007) — Contributor — 27 copies

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Birthdate
1978-01-06
Nationality
Mexique
Birthplace
Mexico City, Mexico

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This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
I just couldn't get through the dialogue. I wanted to like the book since it spoke to themes close to my heart, but the narrative style wasn't readily available to me.
 
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Phille | 10 other reviews | Jan 2, 2023 |
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The author had an interesting story of a father who fakes his death to escape his life, as well as writing well with clever style. But I was overwhelmed by the heavy emotion that didn’t really let up and did not finish.
 
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Babs.2021 | 10 other reviews | Sep 21, 2022 |
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
I find memoirs very difficult to review, and this one is no exception. It's hard to comment on the actual story being told, as the real experiences of the author and his family. I'll focus instead on the story-telling itself: I found the jumps around in both time and the changes in style abrupt and at times hard to follow. Every time I started to get my bearings on who was narrating, what was happening in relation to other sections, and got in the flow of the style again, that part of the book would end and I'd be tempted to put it down rather than continuing. In the end I'm glad I finished reading, but am unsure whether I can actually recommend the experience.… (more)
 
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beerankin | 10 other reviews | Aug 18, 2022 |
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What Goes Unsaid is a well-written, evocative, fluid account of fathers and sons, tales and realities, here and not here, actual and fictional, truth and lies, remembered and forgotten, visible and invisible, present and not present, witnessed and imagined, cruel and loving, spoken and silent, freedom and bondage, life and death and rebirth.
 
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leisure | 10 other reviews | Aug 5, 2022 |

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