![]() ![]() So at the end I’d say that this is a great book on its own. They have no other option but to hope for the magical and the #whimsical in their simulated lives. Regardless of what they do, the characters in this book have lost the war and their sense of #humanity a long time ago. Beyond the winning and losing sides, Couto takes you into a voyage to the land of those stuck #inbetween those for which there is no way out and no winning or losing scenarios. ![]() ![]() Like his #latinamericancounterparts, I personally think that there is no way to understand the visionary and healing power of magical realism without realizing how much of it is a #reaction to the brutality and inhumanity of war. ![]() However its use seems more constrained to those instances where the characters are confronted to the most atrocious and barbaric moments. The outstanding use of #magicalrealism for which #couto is well known these days definitely appears here. And in a lot of ways, it’s a traditional #comingofagestory. #sleepwalkingland was #miacouto ‘s first book published back in 1994. That sometimes is a problem more than anything! You can’t help yourself but to compare her/his stories and not really be “fair” to the book. Once I find a writer that I like is difficult for me not to buy a few books by the same author. ![]()
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