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In these short, bilingual stories set in Buenos Aires (with each piece appearing in Spanish and English on facing pages), Alicia Borinsky provides unique glimpses into the lives of the city's inhabitants: its businessmen and tango dancers, politicians and torturers, triumphant divas and discarded children—a gallery of characters from a broad spectrum of contemporary Argentine society. She portrays a world of violence, corruption, love, and betrayal. The brevity of the pieces suggests a breathlessness and ephemeral quality, the fast-paced rhythm of the present. Yet within these small moments flicker the larger forces that shape ordinary lives. Civil wars are fought, shady deals are made, unwanted children are born. And in Borinsky's ironic but life-affirming prose, human foibles are exposed.
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| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $199.99 | Digital |
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Guy Guy
reviewed Golpes bajos / Low Blows: Instantaneas / Snapshots on April 01, 2010
Golpes bajos / Low Blows: Instantaneas / Snapshots
I read "Disgruntled" before I read "Get Down". Since I liked "Disgruntled" so much, it was only natural. This book was OK, for the most part. I had some struggles staying interested, and readjusting to new characters, but once I was into it, I couldn't put it down. I hadn't complete the first story but I finished all the rest. Some of the themes felt a little repetitive: a corky outsider from the Barrett School for Girls, with girl problems and boy problems. Some black teens kids who party a lot at clubs. All during the 1980's in Philly. For two - three stories it felt like I was reading pieces of the same character's life. The other stories, the characters were much more defined individuals with their own unique struggles. Like the ladies' man with a boy crush, or the overweight black boy who has a crush on his cousin. Or the nonbeliever going to a bible camp. Or the young confused man who likes another girl, despite having a girlfriend and a baby by her. All interesting carefully crafted perspectives
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