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And the Serpent Said to the Woman
Winner of the Euskadi Prize for Literature in Basque. This book is a courageous and captivating account of the confessions of a married woman in her mid thirties who examines every detail of her life.
- GenresFiction
128 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1999
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January 9, 2023
never have i read a book like this.
also, never have i ever felt like a book was talking about ME omg that first chapter really did me in
onederra's mix of poetry and narrative, with a subtle (but clear) switching of perspectives while all using second person was a dizzyingly yummy concoction. it was such a creative read. each chapter was a season, so you got to see the main character's "growth" and "progress"
the ideas that onederra brought up, delicious. each one was so fascinating to watch the main character, "you" be led through this thought trail.
loved it, love thinking about it. will defo be something i return to in the future.
also, never have i ever felt like a book was talking about ME omg that first chapter really did me in
onederra's mix of poetry and narrative, with a subtle (but clear) switching of perspectives while all using second person was a dizzyingly yummy concoction. it was such a creative read. each chapter was a season, so you got to see the main character's "growth" and "progress"
the ideas that onederra brought up, delicious. each one was so fascinating to watch the main character, "you" be led through this thought trail.
loved it, love thinking about it. will defo be something i return to in the future.
June 27, 2023
I found this in the English section of Tarragona library on a day I was in there to avail of the air con. No expectations, nothing to go off other than a bewitching title. This proved to be my biggest surprise of 2023.
Told in the second person, it is at once vulnerable and yet somehow cold. The narrator is having none of herself, and goes for the nerve of her affair. She is at sea in her middle age, her inner-world rich and reassuring, yet also harsh.
I took this as a reminder that we hold the most power over ourselves in the end, that you’d better be careful with how you narrate yourself and that second person narration is powerful weapon in the right hands.
Told in the second person, it is at once vulnerable and yet somehow cold. The narrator is having none of herself, and goes for the nerve of her affair. She is at sea in her middle age, her inner-world rich and reassuring, yet also harsh.
I took this as a reminder that we hold the most power over ourselves in the end, that you’d better be careful with how you narrate yourself and that second person narration is powerful weapon in the right hands.
January 4, 2021
Forman zein edukian iraultzailea. Jatorriz euskaraz idatzi diren lanen artean, irakurritako harrigarriena, 'Obabakoak'-ekin batera. Alditan hain trinkoa, ezen ez dagoen pasajeak berrirakurtzea baino den-dena absorbatzeko. Alditan hain naturala, ezen zaila egin dakiokeen irakurleari protagonistaren errealitatetik desitsastea.
December 26, 2013
Incredibly beautiful and sad as a woman describes her sink into depression and the destruction of her marriage.
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