tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post6584398090490492032..comments2024-01-02T15:37:04.858-05:00Comments on Caravana de recuerdos: El mismo mar de todos los veranosRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-74640197016214410332012-11-27T21:44:19.090-05:002012-11-27T21:44:19.090-05:00Jill, what a nice surprise to find not only a comm...Jill, what a nice surprise to find not only a comment--I'd feared that the post might strike out entirely--but a menudo joke of all things! ¡Mil gracias for that "breakfast of champions" riposte! I don't know how autobiographical the novel is, but it often feels like it might be given the depths of the main character's anger and anguish (coincidentally or not, the husband in the novel also shares Tusquets' first husband's name). Of course, it might also just be a lashing out at the Franco era's repression of women given the time in which it was written. Alas, others seem to have appreciated the often annoying diatribes more than I did.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-51817883186123603872012-11-27T07:26:28.981-05:002012-11-27T07:26:28.981-05:00Sounds like it could be very autobiographical? An...Sounds like it could be very autobiographical? And she has a lot of resentment about being socialized into the Prince Charming thing? Maybe she should have used non-fiction as a medium for diatribes instead of fiction. But most surprising: your use of the word "menudo" for "often"! What tripe!rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.com