Reviews for The bread of salt and other stories

The average rating for The bread of salt and other stories based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-06-19 00:00:00 Carpentiere Luigi Reading this book was like going through different snippets of Filipino life. The themes and ideas explored in these short short stories are just as very bit relevant today as they were when Gonalez wrote them originally.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-07-11 00:00:00 Ashley Mcconnon I was only able to read "The Bread of Salt". It was well-written and I found the protagonist interesting. The emotions described were very strong and the readers would really feel the love of the narrator. I sympathized with him (not only because we are both violinists), because I recognized some of the feelings he described. Also, like me, he also possessed a very wild imagination - especially the way he dreams about Aida and such. I could see myself mirrored in the main character, both in his awkwardness and uncertainty. This was slightly reminiscent of James Joyce's Araby in my opinion. Perhaps it's just me being not enough genius in comprehending literature, but the story was confusing in some instances, and that made this not really striking too; so I'm only giving it three-stars.