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i love this play so bad it's not even funny. for the past ... honestly like 4 months? i have been thinking about rereading it and i think it's finally time

castellanos moya has the same narration style always and i really dislike it and i find the way he writes women quite uncomfortable

the juan mayorga mini play at the end of this volume is SO like barbados, etcetera it's not even funny. corroborating my theory that barbados is at least partly about translation anyway

pol guasch i would do anything for you after how much i loved ofert a les mans, el paradís crema. including, apparently, reading this in catalan bc that's the edition my library has. i think i can do it let's all pray

am liking the sort of concrete poetry vibe but i’m starting to think maybe i’m just too stupid for sarduy. why did my professor tell me this was easier than cobra hello

le dolía su país como si se le hubiera podrido la sangre. le dolía afuera y en la médula, en la raíz del pelo, bajo las uñas, entre los dientes.
ARGHHHHHHHH oh mannnnn

Si en el primer instante sintió vaciarse sus pupilas para abarcar la inmensidad, ahora la inmensidad se les llenaba. Era el regreso de la marea hasta sus ojos.
i need to eat this narration

we only have to read the first third or so of this for class but i am SO enthralled that i am hopefully going to try to finish it on my own... also when else am i going to read it... i may as well seize the opportunity. literally my mouth hanging open at the grotesque visions and the vultures circling overhead and !!!! i was afraid this would just be too dense for me but it's so good.

i read 2 chapters of this for my translation course in the fall of 2024 and i still frequently think about it so i think it’s time to return and hopefully read the whole thing this time

i liked this a lot… was sometimes kind of put off by moments in the narration but the style really was captivating

you had money in both hands / yes / every time? / yes / what’s the point of that? / i wanted to make you happy
IN TEARS!!!!!!

you’ve got it all wrong … you can’t act death !!!! oh MAN this play

I understand why this guy is a nobody. These poems are bad!!!!

i refuse to believe anyone has ever understood this final chapter

cobra was a corpse for a chapter and then suddenly wasn't dead anymore. this book is a lesson in learning to go with the flow for sure

found this book in a secondhand bookstore in los angeles in 2023. it's undated, signed by the man who wrote the introduction, has printing errors, and also the author seems to be the most obscure poet ever. but it's time for my twice-yearly Book In Italian read and this was the only one i owned besides another alessandro baricco book and it's too soon for me to read another of his... so here we are!

i love books about houses and women in houses and families in houses yessssss

i’m sorry i know it’s fiction but this reveal is so unbelievable that i’m having trouble taking it seriously