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One Out of Two
One Out of Two: A Novel | Daniel Sada
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"A literary titan of his time, one of the most innovative novelists in contemporary Latin American letters." -The Washington Post The most distinctive thing about the Gamal sisters is that they are, essentially, indistinguishable (except for a modest mole). The twin spinsters spend their time trying to mask any perceptible differences they have while working hard at their thriving tailoring business in a small town in rural northern Mexico. When? Thirty years ago? Fifty years ago? Who can say-the world seems not to intrude on Ocampo very much. Gloria and Constitution take an almost perverse delight in confusing people about which one is which. But then a suitor enters the picture, and one of the sisters decides that she doesn't want to live a life without romance and all the good things that come with it. The ensuing competition between the sisters brings their relationship to the breaking point until they come up with an ingenious solution that carries this buoyant farce to its tender and even liberating conclusion. Suffused with the tension between our desire for union and our desire for independence, Daniel Sada's One Out of Two is a giddy and comic fable by one of the giants of contemporary Latin American literature.
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The five print books I finished in January:
📖A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
📖One Out of Two by Daniel Sada
📖A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
📖Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
📖The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

#2019reads #januarywrapup #printbooks #bookstack #mysteries #litfic #januaryreads #winterreads #readtheworld

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Can‘t believe I made it to 24 hours in the #24in48 readathon this weekend!

Here are the print books I read over the past two days (though I still have about 100 pages left of The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine). I also listened to one full audiobook (The Cut Out Girl) and half of another (Let‘s Explore Diabetes with Owls).

#24in48 #bookcovers #weekendreads #readathon

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I love listening to Sedaris! 😂 5y
readtheworld @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Same! I don‘t think I ever want to read a book of his in print again... 5y
eraderneely I was surprised at how funny Hottest Dishes was! 5y
readtheworld @eraderneely It‘s hilarious! 5y
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Just finished this odd but lovely novella. Set in a small Mexican town, it follows the Gamal sisters, identical and inseparable Constitución and Gloria. But when one of them begins a courtship with a man, the new romance threatens to tear them apart.

Next-up for #24in48, I‘m starting The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine. I‘m also still working slowly through the end of Gilead and listening to The Cut Out Girl. So many books to read!

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Good morning! I made it to 10 hours last night before falling asleep, and this morning I‘m waking myself up with tea, scones, and One Out of Two. I‘m about halfway through this short novel and really enjoying it.

What are you reading for the second morning of #24in48?

#readathon #booksandtea #booksandbreakfast #readdiversely #danielsada #coverart #novella

JazzFeathers 👏👏💪 I'm at the grand total of 2 hours 😶 5y
batsy I really liked this one, too! 5y
readtheworld @JazzFeathers That‘s great! Any reading during a readathon is worth it. 5y
readtheworld @batsy I just finished it. What a strange and wonderful book! 5y
batsy Yes! Strange and wonderful captures it perfectly. 5y
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