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Review: A House in the Country

Reseña de usuario - GoldGato - Goodreads

This was a book I picked up many years ago because of the cover (Keith Sheridan gets a shout out for the design). Aventura trade editions are always such cool books that I didn't realize I had been ... Leer reseña completa

Review: A House in the Country

Reseña de usuario - Marcel Dekker - Goodreads

Great allegorical book about the overthrow of the Allende government by the military regime of Pinochet. Leer reseña completa

Review: A House in the Country

Reseña de usuario - Jason - Goodreads

To say that this novel is disturbing is to sell it far, far short. It is beyond disturbing, the culmination of incest and canabalism, murder and conspiracy. It has a day that is a year, a library of ... Leer reseña completa

Review: A House in the Country

Reseña de usuario - Juan Cristóbal - Goodreads

I loved this book. José Donoso writes beautifully. Unlike many who say that this is a critical view about Pinochet's dictatorship, I think Donoso looks deeper into the chilean society. He is actually painting a portrait about chilean elite, and how the land reform affected it. Leer reseña completa

Review: A House in the Country

Reseña de usuario - Fredoviola - Goodreads

Another very strange book. To me his writing is a cross between Celine, Genet and Twain! A very strange combo indeed. This is a kind of magical realism very different from Marquez and Cortazar, a bit more akin to Borges. Leer reseña completa

Review: A House in the Country

Reseña de usuario - KH - Goodreads

One of the best books ever. Complicated, allegorical, farcical. About colonization, South America, Europe, class and indigenous peoples. Leer reseña completa