Published : 2021 || Format : print || Location : Colombia ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ What was it about the country that kept everyone hostage to its fantasy? The previous month, on its own soil, an American man went to his job at a plant and gunned down fourteen coworkers, and last spring alone there were four different school shootings. A nation at war with itself, yet people still spoke of it as some kind of paradise.. Thoughts : Infinite Country follows two characters - young Talia, who at the beginning of this book, escapes a girl’s reform school in North Colombia so that she can make her previously booked flight to the US. Before she can do that, she needs to travel many miles to reach her father and get her ticket to the rest of her family. As we follow Talia’s treacherous journey south, we learn about how she ended up in the reform school in the first place and why half her family resides in the US. Infinite Country tells the...
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Lately, I've been in mood for some short fiction, a medium that I used to shun previously, simply because the brevity usually left much to be desired for me to sufficiently enjoy the read. So far, this month, I've tried two short stories, both available in the public domain - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (read my review) and Hell-Heaven by Jhumpa Lahiri from her short story collection, Unaccustomed Earth (will be posting the review next week). I've enjoyed both, so I will keep looking out for more short stories. But I doubt I'll be reading an entire collection anytime soon.
Last week, I read Banana Yoshimoto's The Lake - my first read by this author. Can't say I was impressed - I'll be posting my review next week, after I have thought more about it.
...And other news
In case you missed, here are my 2011 favorites and plans for 2012.
My guest post on Marjane Satrapi's Best and Worst over at Alyce's At Home with Books.
A potpourri of random thoughts that I wanted to talk about over the past few weeks.
Last week, I read Banana Yoshimoto's The Lake - my first read by this author. Can't say I was impressed - I'll be posting my review next week, after I have thought more about it.
...And other news
In case you missed, here are my 2011 favorites and plans for 2012.
My guest post on Marjane Satrapi's Best and Worst over at Alyce's At Home with Books.
A potpourri of random thoughts that I wanted to talk about over the past few weeks.
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