Ana Gloria Moya
Teoksen Heaven of Drums tekijä
Tekijän teokset
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Asuinpaikat
- Argentina
- Ammatit
- Lawyer
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- 2004 Sor Jauna Ines de la Cruz prize
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Palkinnot
Tilastot
- Teokset
- 1
- Jäseniä
- 9
- Suosituimmuussija
- #968,587
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.5
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 1
- ISBN:t
- 1
I really wanted to like this novel, but for me it fell flat on almost every level. I fear that perhaps the translation didn't help - the language was often clunky and hard to read, and occasionally descended into grotesque floridity. However, I don't think the translation is entirely at fault. I found the characters were caricatures rather than people, and there was an awful lot of telling, rather than showing. I did pick up some idea of what happened historically and some notion of current tensions in modern-day Argentina, though, and I did enjoy some of the African cultural background.
For the most part though, unfortunately I found the book's flaws distracted far too much from any sense of narrative for this novel to really engage my mind or emotions.… (lisätietoja)