Pssssst...it's not really about Kamchatka, except as it relates to the board game of Risk. "Because Kamchatka was the place from where you fought back."This is a rather charming novel about a very uncharming time in the history of Argentina. You witness life during the Dirty War in 1976 through the ...
This is the second Houellebecq novel that I have read. Usually when I talk about why I like novels it usually has to do with the great characters that I identified with or the amazing plot or the entertaining action. Houellebecq provides none of these things. In fact, while I was reading this boo...
I don't remember anything about this book other than that I bought it, tried three times to read it, and each time lost interest and left it sitting on the dresser for months. Perhaps I would enjoy it if I tried again, but how many chances does a book get?
What an absolutely wonderful book! I wish I could write a review that would do this justice. This could have been an extremely depressing book considering the subject matter(Argentina & the coup in the 1970's) but instead it's very sweet & moving. There was a moment a little more than half way thr...
What an absolutely wonderful book! I wish I could write a review that would do this justice. This could have been an extremely depressing book considering the subject matter(Argentina & the coup in the 1970's) but instead it's very sweet & moving. There was a moment a little more than half way thr...
Do your self a favour and burn this book.If you're not clinically depressed now, you will be out of sheer boredom from reading this.The author seems to have issues with his parents, namely his mother, who much like the one in this book, dumped him at a young age with his grandmother to go gallivanti...
This book has made me laugh. It's not a compliment.Every character here is monodimensional and unrealistic, while the story itself is quite ridicolous. And after the tenth masturbation scene filled with philosophical rubbish and Andre Gide quotes I've felt a big nausea coming up. There are many nove...
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