If there’s one saving grace to Marilyn Bobes’ novel “Fiebre de invierno” it’s that it deconstructs the idealized image of modern female sexuality which shows like “Sex and the City” propagate and provides a more verosimile representation of sex as both emotionally complex and anti-climactic (pardon the pun). This is of course every heterosexual woman’s deep dark [...]
Archive for March, 2008
“Fiebre” and Futility.
Posted in Span505 on March 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Agosto y fuga
Posted in Span505 on March 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The book “Agosto y fuga” by Paloma Villegas is an enjoyable, though somewhat difficult read. Unlike many of the novels we have read in the course there is more emphasis on relationships and multiple perspectives rather than individual journeys and reflections. For this reason, the novel immediately reminded me of Claudia Piñeira’s book “Las viudas de los jueves”. Like [...]
Mirko Lauer and Prestige
Posted in Span505 on March 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Halfway through Mirko Lauer’s novel “Órbitas Tertulias” I find myself considering an incredible irony. In Camille’s blog she cites an interview in which Lauer describes his distaste for promotion and marketing novels. Allow me to ghost-cite a bit here “No soy de presentaciones ni de promover una novela. Una de las plagas de Egipto que [...]
