John Manuel Arias
Auteur van Where There Was Fire
Over de Auteur
Werken van John Manuel Arias
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1990s
- Geslacht
- male
- Woonplaatsen
- Washington DC, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
San Jose, Costa Rica - Beroepen
- poet
Leden
Besprekingen
Prijzen
Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
Gerelateerde auteurs
Statistieken
- Werken
- 3
- Leden
- 63
- Populariteit
- #268,028
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 5
A very skillful novel. It’s language-driven, which is not my usual thing but this one was written by my childhood friend. It was beautiful to read, which reminded me why I used to love language-driven books (but also took me months longer than it should have, which reminded me why I don’t read them much anymore). I enjoyed the symbolic language and the magical realism. The timeline of the story weaves back and forth, in order to reveal the puzzle pieces of the story in the desired order, but the characters and settings are distinct so it’s easy to go with the flow.
I was very intrigued by the story of the American Fruit Company, and I wouldn’t have minded more background on that. But the main theme is family trauma - when to cover it up, when to talk about it, how it gets passed on, and most importantly, when to forgive someone for the trauma they inflicted on you because of the trauma that had been inflicted on them.… (meer)