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"This is not the first translation of Fuentes's famed novel, and thank dog for that. I recently discarded what must've been the first, and it was dreadful. In terms of diction in English, I mean, sentences lacking a verb, etc., etc. And in this boo..."
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"An author in love with his home country. Love can be brutal at its worst and he scared me with his courageous wit. Maybe he would have approved of modern hindsight."
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"What is rarely known about her is that she was black and "passed" for White. Fascinating story."
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"Intriguing biography with heavy emphasis on the racial and cultural milieu from which Greene(r) sprang. Through intelligence and pluck, she upended the librarian stereotype. The work gets bogged down with speculation on the unknown aspects of Gree..."
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"Intriguing biography with heavy emphasis on the racial and cultural milieu from which Greene(r) sprang. Through intelligence and pluck, she upended the librarian stereotype. The work gets bogged down with speculation on the unknown aspects of Gree..."
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