so-soAn old college book of my mother-in-law‘s that I‘ve always wanted to read. Not entirely a cultural point-by-point analysis of Mexican character and thought, but covers a good swath of Central American history and the psychological/philosophical changes a people must make to accommodate the coming of the conquistadors, Spanish Catholicism, French revolutionary thought and American imperialism. Paz, as poet, places ritual, love and poetry as balm.
pick(2015) Moreno-Garcia's debut novel is a YAish book about three high school kids in 1988 Mexico City who use music to work magic, in a dual timeline with a story about their adult selves reconnecting twenty years later. The 1988 story is appealing and its high school character dynamics ring true for me. It's less clear to me what the author intended with the later timeline, which for my taste could have been omitted. Soft pick.
pickI read this one a good 15 years ago back when I used to own a big house with a bath and absolutely loved it. Saw it at a book swap and just had to take a picture and let you all know how great it is if you are as obsessed with Mexico as I am. I was on my way home from learning a new pole routine on Friday night. It was a bit yuck weather wise so didn‘t do my usual massive walk and caught the train to avoid the rain.
pickThis book was great! The writing style was unique and flowed beautifully and kept me captivated. I could not put this down.
pickThis was my first time reading Garza, and even though these stories were challenging, they also really run the gamut and I love it when authors try to push ideas to weird limits, even if I couldn't follow everything. Two favs were City of Men and Strange is the Bird that Can Cross the River Pripyat. Both are fantastic worlds but not what you expect. Definite Borges vibes.
Rest in peace Chuck! You were part of the soundtrack of my youth. So when a colleague at work said he‘d have to Google him to know who he was, it made me feel so old! I never saw the movie or read the book, but I‘m adding it to my TBR now.
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pickVlad, by Carlos Fuentes (2010, transl. 2012)
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Premise: The life of a middle-aged Mexican lawyer takes a turn for the horrific when he‘s asked to help an old friend of his boss relocate to Mexico City.
Review: This doesn‘t have great reviews, but I found this to be a very successful piece of contemporary Gothic fiction that played with traditional vampire lore in interesting ways.
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