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Quesadillas (2012)

by Juan Pablo Villalobos(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1908276223 (ISBN13: 9781908276223)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

And Other Stories

review 1: This book was pleasantly absurd. Villalobos' writing style reminds me of a less devastating Juno Diaz. The social criticisms were sharp, well aimed and amusing. I feel that this book would be useful in a high school class to discuss a wide range of topics from economics to philosophy. At least I know I would have preferred to have read this in high school than some of the other drivel forced upon me.
review 2: A very interesting novel that looks at modern Mexico through the travails of a large family in rural Mexico. Not a linear book but thought-provoking in its own way. It requires a bit of background on the modern Mexican political reality (which the preface and the glossary provides) and it requires some conscious reading (this is not a "yarn" in any sense ... moreof the word; it is not the fabulist sort of novel a la Garcia Marquez, either). It seems to pack a lot in relatively few pages. I am likely to read this again (along with his first novel, "Down the Rabbit Hole") to appreciate it that much more. less

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