Leaving the Atocha Station (Playaway)
ISBN:
9781611204360 (1611204364)
Publish date: November 1st 2011
Publisher: Dreamscape Media/Playaway
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.
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