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Bezig met laden... Fish Soupdoor Margarita García Robayo
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Set on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, "Waiting for a hurricane," follows a girl obsessed with escaping both her life and her country. Emotionally detached from her family and disillustioned with what the future holds, the takes drastic steps, seemingly oblivious to the damage she causes to herself and those around her. "Sexual education" examines the attempts of a student to tally the strict doctrine oabstinencece taught at her school with the very different social norms of her social circles. The short stories offer snapshots of lives in turmoil, frayed by relationships, dreams of escape, family taboos and rejection of, and by, society. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)863.7Literature Spanish and Portuguese Spanish fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.75)
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Fish Soup is made up of two novellas and an award-winning collection of short stories by Colombian author Margarita García Robayo, translated from Spanish.
The novella Waiting for a Hurricane is about a girl who dreams of escaping the poverty of her life in Colombia by any means possible. The people in her life are merely steps on her ladder to freedom.
The novella Sex Education is about a girl who struggles to reconcile her Catholic school’s teaching of abstinence with the morals and behaviour of everyone around her.
Worse Things is a collection of short stories mostly about people struggling with life and family.
The book is well-written, with a degree of cynicism, some keen observations on human nature and poetic descriptions. It is gritty, earthy, and touches on the dark side of life with allusions to rape and child sex abuse. I enjoyed Robayo’s style, my only complaint being the usual one for me with short stories: that they end too quickly, just as I am getting involved in the story. I would love to read a full length novel by this author. (