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Bezig met laden... American Visa (1994)door Juan de Recacoechea
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)863.64Literature Spanish and Portuguese Spanish fiction 20th Century 1945-2000LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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American Visa isn’t a conventional crime story. The crime itself doesn't occur until over halfway through the novel. This is an almost perfect example of existentialist noir and although there is much to admire in it, I like my mysteries to have more of a focused plot. Even so, it is fascinating to read a book from the Bolivian perspective. It's also not a book for the faint-hearted, as the details of life in this impoverished, land-locked country are dissected in detail, against a background of political commentary against the Spanish colonialists, the British landowners, the silver and tin mine-owners and the government who nationalized everything and consigned the people to poverty rather than their hoped-for freedom. The country is bankrupt, as are many of the people and institutions we encounter in the book.
This book is filled with a series of bizarre characters and situations, but be warned it's very sexist (written in 1994). My favorite part of the book, though, is witnessing the entire process of trying to obtain a visa, with the queues, bureaucracy and cheats that desperate people try in order to get a ticket out of Bolivia. ( )