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The Sound Of Things Falling (2013)

by Juan Gabriel Vásquez(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1594487480 (ISBN13: 9781594487484)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Riverhead Hardcover

review 1: I studied Latin American literature in college and was excited to read this book, having heard a lot of positive things about Juan Gabriel Vásquez as an important up-and-coming Colombian novelist. However, I didn't get a lot out of this book. Its portrayal of the collective shell-shocked mood of an entire country was effective, but its characters, especially the women, were not very interesting or complex. Certain attempts to tie together disparate plot lines, like the significance of airplanes, seemed forced and ill-fitting. None of the characters were painted in an intriguing way, and the women were present seemingly only to serve the plot arcs of the men. The timing and order was odd, a bit stop-and-go, with long, meandering descriptions that seemed they would lead to ... moresome sort of revelation, but never did. I was disappointed in this book because there is so much amazing Latin American lit out there that seems to be getting less hype, but this isn't a great introduction to the genre.
review 2: La edad adulta trae consigo la ilusi��n perniciosa del control, y acaso dependa de ella. Quiero decir que es ese espejismo de dominio sobre nuestra propia vida lo que nos permite sentirnos adultos, pues asociamos la adultez con la autonom��a, el soberano derecho a determinar lo que va a sucedernos enseguida. El desenga��o viene m��s pronto o m��s tarde, pero viene siempre, no falta a la cita, nunca lo ha hecho. Cuando llega lo recibimos sin demasiada sorpresa, pues nadie que viva lo suficiente puede sorprenderse de que su biograf��a haya sido moldeada por eventos lejanos, por voluntades ajenas, con poca o ninguna participaci��n de sus propias decisiones. Esos largos procesos que acabar��n por toparse con nuestra vida ��a veces para hacer estallar en pedazos nuestros planes m��s espl��ndidos�� suelen estar ocultos como corrientes subterr��neas, como meticulosos desplazamientos de las capas tect��nicas, y cuando por fin se da el terremoto invocamos las palabras que hemos aprendido a usar para tranquilizarnos, accidente, casualidad, a veces destino. less

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