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�� "first love": i was with this one for the first 2 pages while we set things up, then i realized the story was about seeing humanity in nazis because the war is over and they're 'just some guys' now, humbled by hard manual labor. i have to laugh. like specifically at all the scene work of wealthy people spitting on our main character for trying to fuck an aryan viking who was most certainly committing mass atrocities under hitler BITCH AM I SUPPOSED TO SHED A TEAR? he can die❤️

�� "look for my obituary": i enjoyed the atmosphere in this a lot. it's hard for me to buy into insta-love though, even when it's literary in nature, so the concept of a married man falling deeply in love with a girl on the run within moments of meeting her........girl you are not in love. you are just a man without self-control who hates his wife because she's the woman you chose. the writing here was much better than in "first love," however, specifically the stakes + pacing and the web of lies.

2.5/5. elena garro can write, i'm sure leagues beyond her infinitely more famous husband, the translation was great, but this was a questionable introduction to her. roberto bolaño, i need to know what you thought of this woman.