Leaving the Atocha Station
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781566892926 (1566892929)
Publish date: August 23rd 2011
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Pages no: 186
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Travel,
Literature,
Cultural,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Art,
Contemporary,
Modern,
Poetry,
Spain
Moody, style-driven novel about a student living on a fellowship in Spain, writing poetry, doing drugs and negotiating relationships with women. It's told in the first person by Adam, the student, and covers his adventures and his thoughts about literature, politics and life. The 2004 Madrid bombing...
Self-indulgent. Meandering plot. Forgettable ending. Don't bother reading.