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🦋 Lost in Mexico

Hoy no pasÃ³ nada. Y si pasÃ³ algo es mejor callarlo, pues no lo entendÃ.

Getting to the end of part I of Savage Detectives -- I am wondering what to make of it in the context of the book as a whole. Part I seems to me like a Beat novel, like a Kerouac novel with some adjustments made for era and culture... I don't get a sense of a moving plot, more like a developing atmosphere. What are the qualities of this atmosphere? Sexual longing is everywhere; failure to connect with others (even with Rosario, who is making it as easy as I can imagine it being with anyone), insecurity/lack of confidence, hedonism. I'll be interested to see what role the Fonts play in the rest of the book; they are certainly the most enigmatic figures in this first section.

posted evening of Thursday, November 10th, 2011
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➪	Rise links to Margaret Jull Costa's celebration of the life and work of JosÃ© Saramago. The big news there is that she has just finished a translation of Levantado do chÃ£o -- also she mentions that his unpublished second novel ClarabÃ³ia is coming out this month in Portugal.
➪	In the Atlantic, Yoni Appelbaum explores the tangled American history of maple syrup and sugar. (via Making Light)

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