Monteverde: Memoirs of an Interstellar Linguist

by Lola Robles

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"Terran scholar Rachel Monteverde journeys to Aanuk, a paradisiacal planet famous for both its beaches and the generosity and joy of life of its nomadic inhabitants. The Aanukiens are not the only people on the planet, however: Rachel is eager to meet the Fihdia, a cave-dwelling people who share a congenital condition that makes them blind. Rachel's relentless determination to communicate with them despite the Aanukien's dismissal and the Fihdia's secretiveness will yield more than she ever show more hoped for. The first book by Spanish author Lola Robles to be translated into English, Monteverde: Memoirs of an Interstellar Linguist is feminist science fiction in the tradition of Ursula K. LeGuin and Naomi Mitchison"--Page 4 of cover. show less

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Extracts from papers and books by and about Rachel Monteverde, a linguist sent to study the languages and culture of the inhabitants of Aanuk.

Not much of a plot, the anthropology and linguistics only really got interesting when we left the noble savage Aanukiens and joined the cave-dwelling Fihdia.
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El informe Monteverde

Que lectura más guai y ligera, muy buena para leer entre lecturas mas densas. Mitad informe lingüístico mitad diario e igual que Becky Chambers es un abrazo calida y amable. El universo que crea Lola Robles en tan pocas páginas es genial y me han dado muchas ganas de saber más tanto de la protagonista como de Aanuk.
Ha sido un viaje muy bonito y excitante.

Edición preciosa de Crononauta con portada de Marina Vidal.
A fun and fragmentary story of a linguist's multiyear visit to the cultures on another planet. And oh how I wish the linguists' granchildren could go back and visit and fill me in on what's going on now.
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Cómo lo he disfrutado!
Un libro estupendo, quería leerlo despacio para saborearlo y no he podido parar hasta terminarlo.
Reconozco además que sin ser un libro triste, lo he terminado con cierta emoción al sentir que el viaje había terminado.
Muy recomendado.
Reseña completa: https://cafedetinta.com/2018/09/05/el-informe-monteverde-de-lola-robles/

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Monteverde: Memoirs of an Interstellar Linguist
Original language
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Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction
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PQ6668 .O24 .M66Language and LiteratureFrench, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literaturesSpanish literatureIndividual authors, 1961-2000

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