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Lost Lambs

by Madeline Cash

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Oct 14, 2026 11:43AM

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Crow Blue

by Adriana Lisboa

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Joshua said: " Fantastic book that I read for a class on Latin American literature in translation. It’s a beautiful story. Fernando was my favorite character and his story in the book is incredibly well done. Of all the books we read in this class, this one shined Fantastic book that I read for a class on Latin American literature in translation. It’s a beautiful story. Fernando was my favorite character and his story in the book is incredibly well done. Of all the books we read in this class, this one shined above all the rest.

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Review on reread (September 23, 2024):

I think about this book often. I don’t know why exactly this book stuck with me so strongly, or why it continues to stick with me. I guess I could say any number of things: the poetic writing, the magnetic characters, the engaging story, the insightful narration, or some other combination of adjective + literary term. I think that, above all else, this is a story that feels real and feels important. I love the relationship between Vanja and Fernando. And Vanja and Carlos. And Carlos and Fernando. And Vanja and her mother. And Vanja’s mother and Fernando. And June and Vanja and Carlos and Fernando and Isabel and the countless other characters and non-characters and objects of this world. This is a story about connection, coincidental or by chance or intentional or forced or otherwise. The characters are engaging and real. I like them so much that I feel like I should draw all of them, just to see if how I imagined them in my head could translate to the real world (I did try to draw Fernando and did a so-so job). Anyway, I cannot recommend this book enough. It’s probably not for everybody, but it was perfect for me, and maybe that’s good enough. I don’t know exactly why I reread it right now. It just felt like the right book to reread at this moment in time.
And yes my favorite character is still Fernando.

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Review on reread again (July 21, 2025):

I still think about this book often. I think a lot about the scene of Fernando sitting in the dark on Halloween, listening to old music, having a drink. In all those previous years, the years before his official/unofficial daughter Vanja, he was alone. I don’t know what he thought about, but I can certainly imagine. And it’s then that Vanja asks him when his birthday is and he says today and she says really? Halloween? and the next day she and Carlos buy him that yellow shirt. She interrupts his life, and solidarity, with something that neither of them would admit but both know to be love. I like to think that he never felt alone again. ...more "

Jul 21, 2025 03:32PM · see review