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The President by Miguel Ángel Asturias
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it was amazing
bookshelves: favorites, learning-to-listen

reaffirms that my sweet spot for literature seems to be the 20s and 30s. Some real gut-punches of brutality, and just exceptionally well written and structured.

elements of surrealism and magical realism, as well as some pure documentary realism, all beautifully mixed together.

in the age of Trump, it is also perhaps useful to engage with a text like this. Power and brutality and selfishness abound....

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Reading Progress

November 9, 2017 – Shelved
November 9, 2017 – Shelved as: to-read
October 3, 2018 – Started Reading
October 3, 2018 –
page 80
27.78% "Oh this is just excellent so far. My second of his novels, and the second to impress from the first page"
October 9, 2018 –
page 200
69.44% "This continues to be exceptionally good."
October 9, 2018 – Shelved as: favorites
October 9, 2018 – Finished Reading
July 11, 2020 – Shelved as: learning-to-listen

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Namira Galando Welp, I guess I gotta go and track down a copy now.


Jonathan Cole wrote: "Welp, I guess I gotta go and track down a copy now."

yes you most certainly should!


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