/lit/ - Literature

>>4390759
I do, though only from an interview.

>>4390768
No.
(Sneaky troll thread)

Oh.
Stupid name for the category always trips me up. Español is Latin based. pfffffff.

>>2637955
I am going to have to start reading some of his

>>2472952
That's a troll son.

>>2472925
Come to think of it, I'd want to invite quite a large party

>>2413643
Wha?
Are you talking about cheekbones, or do you even know?

Again, if only she were younger...

This, Allende's first novel, is told mainly from the perspective of the two protagonists Esteban and Alba.

Its about a family, that spans generations, tracing the post-colonial social and political upheavals their country.
When Allende's hundred year-old grandfather was dying, she began writing him a letter that ultimately became the starting manuscript
The NYT says its "SPECTACULAR" and it was made into a movie. I think I'll see it now.

>It's hardly a traditional narrative.
Sounds like a good thing, no?
>I don't see how all this stuff about family and femininity and politics all ties together.
Her first effort. Like Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club, maybe she was just jamming too much into it. A torrent of ideas, frantic first timers
I think maybe your problem is that you just can't relate or sympathize. (?) Meh.

>>2181276
If I was a few years older, or she a few younger

I have always been most attracted to musicians and teachers. Talent and intellect obviously. As for looks... well geez, this isn't /soc/
OP, some people just aren't attractive, including many male authors.

>>2112720
She's in Cali now just fyi. He's obviously too macheezmo to bother with her no matter her current or original status. Probably the same thing with the "apparently ripping off Marquez" appraisal

>>1973114
Mantis head?