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parece sumamente interesante la manera en la que RuizCamacho hurga en las intimidades de cada uno de los personajes integrantes de la familia estelar, Me parece interesante no solo por como de formas diferentes en cada capítulo va hilvanando un retrato poderoso del trauma que deja la violencia, ya desde hace harto conocida, en el país.
Este es nuestro México, se dice uno mientras va leyendo, aquel país que sangra, Ruiz. Camacho experimenta con cada capítulo una nueva forma de narrar, desde diferentes perspectivas y distintos recursos literarios que hacen de cada historia especial en este tapete, este collage de una familia que lo ha perdido todo.
I liked the writing style, but the stories were a bit too disjointed for me, It was frustrating to find a family tree at the end of the book which would have led to my enjoyment and comprehension more, But it's a short, good read nonetheless, Gorgeous, heartbreaking stories. An excellent collection, that presents the reader with a kaleidoscopic view into an upperclass Mexican family tragedy, Similar to Jennifer Egan's A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD in the way it combines narrative ingenuity one story is a single, strungout,page sentence another is nothing but dialogue with the intimate examination of a singular event and it's implications.
It's not until the perfect final story that the whole collection ties itself together, but it's well worth the wait,
Highly recommended. His face grew serious and sagged, he looked like the man he would become one day, the man who would forget how to splash into pits of colorful infiniteness and be merry, the man who one day would hurt and be hurt by the world of men and everything that came with it.
I am in awe of the rawness of the writing, The rawness of the story, I am absolutely in love with the flow of the story, as well as devastated with the venturing of unknown emotions the characters went through, I recently had a chance to meet Antonio RuizCamacho, and I am so grateful to have gotten my book signed after listening to him discuss the themes of his novel.
I definitely recommend Barefoot Dogs, for the voices are ones I had yet to listen to before picking it up, can also be found in my blog: sitelink me/papemg
Barefoot Dogs is a book that demands we relish every word and revel in its ephemeral nature, It is a slender collection of onlypages of content that exudes sophistication and relevance, The narrative follows the Arteagas, a wealthy Mexican family who is forced to expatriate and abandon their ancestral home in Mexico after the patriarch, Jose Victoriano Arteaga, is kidnapped by a drug gang and all their lives face immediate peril.
Even though it could easily pass for one, Barefoot Dogs is not a novel, but a collection of short stories told from the perspectives of several members of the Arteaga tribe or people who had close ties to them, such as a maid who had been working for the family for decades or the mistress nobody knew existed.
The link between these stories is sometimes subtle, but the haunting memory of the kidnapping and the feeling of exile that permeates all of them makes it clear that this is a grand family drama told in short form, in stunning vignettes.
The most striking feature of Barefoot Dogs is the elegant, perceptive, and evocative language, At times, I was struck by how beautiful and original the sentences were, Titles such as “Origami Prunes,” the titular “Barefoot Dogs,” and phrases like “Lauras helplessness was wrapped in a thin layer of arrogance” are clever and memorable, At a book signing event in Austin, the author interestingly described writing in English as being similar to how we see when opening our eyes underwater! So this strange and clever language is all the more impressive when one considers that English is the authors second language, one he learned later in life.
I am unabashedly a lover of ambitious and sprawling narratives, so when I read short story collections, my brain naturally seeks to find a connection of any sort between them.
This book is admittedly not a sprawling narrative, Thankfully, it reads more like a very short novel than a collection of stories and I appreciated having a reference point from which to experience all the them the kidnapping of the patriarch and the family in exile.
I will refrain from discussing individual stories indepth due to the short length of the work, But I will say that Antonio RuizCamacho wrote an impressively diverse set of stories that cover several themes and ideas and are told in varying narrative structures, From streamofconsciousness narration to stories told entirely through dialogue the writing keeps you on your toes and is executed expertly,
The family tree at the end proved to be tremendously influential in my enjoyment of the overarching story because I was quickly able to place a character in context of the larger narrative.
For example, Laura from “Origami Prunes” is the eldest daughter of the kidnapped patriarch Fernanda and Nicolasa from “It Will Be Awesome Before Spring” are Lauras daughters, though I would have never known if I had skipped the family tree.
These subtle connections are suddenly made significant and as a result I was able to appreciate the stories both individually and collectively,
Barefoot Dogs earns my most earnest praise and recommendation, It is timely, powerful fiction about a family torn apart by violence that is brilliantly rendered in smart and singular language, As far as short story collections go, this is one of best youll read in, ./stars
content notes:
moderate: death child, parent, infidelity, kidnapping, rape, violenceInteresting, strange, humorous and unbelievable at times.
minor: drug abuse, fire/fire injury
/actually. These stories all surround the disappearance of the head of a Mexican family, The family tree at the back of the book was a great reference point,
Most of the stories were filled woth such raw emotion and lyricism, that they were a joy to read, There were one or two that lost me that I couldn't connect to,
I read this quickly, but it is probably better to savor the stories, La desaparición del padre de una familia de dinero es vista a través de ocho relatos de sus hijos y nietos, que se ven obligados a mudarse por su propia seguridad.
Un libro que no se parece a nada que haya leído antes y eso es una gran virtud, por momentos divertido, en ocasiones triste, con un cierre emotivo.
Fue una gran lectura, abarca un tema muy fuerte, pero siento que el libro más que hablar de lo que fue el secuestro en sí, es mostrar cómo fue que cambió la vida de sus familiares a raíz de ésto y cuáles son los sentimientos y problemas que ahora cargan gracias a la falta de su padre.
Y lo mejor: la narración, la forma de escribir del autor le da un plus que enriquece el libro, No le doyestrellas porque algunas partes me parecieron medio lentas, pero nada de que preocuparse, Y el final muy conmovedor. The patriarch of a wealthy family in Mexico is kidnapped and family members
scatter to Europe and the United States in fear, One son is left behind in the family estate to monitor the situation, These stories are linked but not in a linear fashion and each family members situation is discussed in the stories,
It's quite rare to read stories of Mexicans or Mexican life where the stories are of welltodo characters and not just the poor, I enjoyed reading these stories and rushed through them trying to find out exactly what has happened to the father, RuizCamacho is a fine writer and I can't wait to read more by him,
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