Books by Marie Arana
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review 1: What a lovely book. It shed a light on a personality that I heard a lot about but didn't know much about besides liberation of South America. In fact he appeared to be an amazing personality....capable of twisting destiny.... A true inspiration on how to overcome obstacles and tu...
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review 1: Really a very big disappointment. I loved, loved Arana's first novel Cellophane. It was richly written with a complex plot and very well-developed characters. In contrast, her second novel, Lima Nights, was more like a first draft. There wasn't a single character that was com...
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review 1: This is not a book I would normally have read, but was recommended to me by a friend in anticipation of an upcoming trip to Peru. That said, it was engrossing, if somewhat uncomfortable. Carlos's motivation for his attraction to Maria in unclear (though that's part of the book'...
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review 1: I read a few other reviews, and was struck by those that wrote the ending was like hitting a wall, suggesting the book ended prematurely and/or without closure. That wasn't my impression. I thought the ending - a frantic, chaotic, dangerous search for the elusive - was quite typ...