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Colonel Lagrimas
Colonel Lagrimas | Carlos Fonseca Suarez
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A dazzling debut about the demented final project of a brilliant mathematician, recalling the best of Bolano, Borges, and Calvino, "Coronel Lagrimas" is an allegory of our hyper-informed age and of the clash between European and Latin American history. Holed away in a cabin in the Pyrenees, the world-famous and enigmatic mathematician Alexander Grothendieck is working furiously on a final project. But what exactly "is" this monumental, mysterious undertaking? Why did this man, one of the greatest geniuses of the century, a politically militant man himself, suddenly decide to abandon politics and society altogether? As the reader pursues the answer to these questions, two layered narratives emerge. One is a series of unforgettable characters that have transfixed the mathematician s imagination: Chana Abramov, a woman obsessed with painting the same Mexican volcano a thousand times, Vladimir Vostokov, an anarchist in battle with technological modernity, and Maximiliano Cienfuegos, a simple man who will nonetheless become the symbol for the Colonel s as well as Europe s restless political conscience. The other is the protagonist s life story: a picaresque journey that traverses the 20th century: from the Russia of the October Revolution to the Mexico of the anarchic 1920s, from the Spanish Civil War to Vietnam, all the way back to France and from there to the Caribbean islands. Out of this Borgesian web emerges a tragicomic allegory for the political arch of the past century, one that began addicted to political action and ended up hooked on big data. Loosely based on the fascinating life story of the eccentric mathematician Alexander Grothendieck, "Colonel Lagrimas" is a world-spanning tour de force of history, politics, literature, mathematics, and philosophy that wears its learning lightly, forming an appealingly human story of the forces that have created the modern world."
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CherylDeFranceschi
Colonel Lagrimas | Carlos Fonseca Suarez
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A teensy stack of #Latinxauthors. Garcia Marquez remains my favorite, forever, though.

rubyslippersreads I so want a kitty lamp! 😸❤😻 8y
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CherylDeFranceschi
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EvieBee Awesome stack of goodness! 8y
TheLondonBookworm Fab stack ☺️☺️ 8y
RealLifeReading Wow! That is a stack of beautiful diverse reads. I'm currently loving Swing Time! 8y
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JessReads
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A friend of mine has been after me to read this book. I need something short to tide me over until I can stop at the library for my book club book, so now is as good a time as any to get to it! ☺️

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Lupita.Reads
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Mehso-so

I love love strange and weird novels but this one may have gone completely over my head. I'd like to blame this on myself- maybe I wasn't in the right mindset to read it. It made sense while I was reading it but I'm not sure I could explain it, which is why I'm on the fence about it.....someone else read it and explain it to me? 😂

OliverDepp I started to read it and didn't get very far because it needed a different kind of attention than I could give it. I'll try again and let you know! But it isn't just you... 8y
Lupita.Reads @OliverDepp Thank YOU 🙏🏾 8y
QuietBookReader Love the beer!!! :-) 8y
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CherylDeFranceschi
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Book mail! Ghostland goes straight to the top of the Rocktober TBR.

rachelm David Bowie coloring book?!?! 8y
jpmcwisemorgan That's a different David Bowie coloring book than the one I've seen. Is it all pictures to be colored and are they appropriate for all ages? I ask because my friends 9 year old is a big Bowie fan but the only coloring book I've seen had stories about his life and she's not ready for that part of Bowie yet. 8y
CherylDeFranceschi @jpmcwisemorgan Sorry- I'm going to have to say no, not 9 year old appropriate. There's a pic of him tweaking his nipples. It's all fan art and very cool, but probably not for a 9 year old. 8y
BekahB I'm super excited to read Ghostland! That David Bowie coloring book is fantastic. 😄 8y
jpmcwisemorgan @CherylDeFranceschi Sigh...thanks for letting me know. I'm still thinking about getting her the other one and letting her mom decide when she can have it. 8y
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Lupita.Reads
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Lunch time! Digging the title of this novel and cover! Also putting in a plug for the multi-grain crossiants from Whole Foods 😍 What's everyone having for lunch today?!

athorne I think my better half is taking me out for lunch. :3 8y
Notafraidofwords Soup and salad or as my boyfriend would say soup-a-salad! 8y
Lupita.Reads @EMJenkinson that's awesome! Lunch dates are the best, especially when it's with that special someone. Definitely feeling envy! 8y
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Lupita.Reads @Notafraidofwords yum! Now that it's fall, I really do crave a nice warm and hearty soup! ❤️🍵 8y
Merethebookgal My husband and I made some chicken and dumplings in the crockpot over the weekend, so I'm having leftovers, but it's really yummy, so no complaints here 😋 8y
angrylilasian I had a salad that was ok but now I want to run to Whole Foods to see if they have that croissant! 😄 8y
MarticaMustRead Barley, beef, and veggie soup with a side of cornbread- happiness in my tummy! Enjoy your lunch, I'll have to look for those croissants! 8y
Lupita.Reads @Merethebookgal chicken and dumplings?!? Yum!!!!!!! I need to find a recipe for that- totally craving it now 😋 8y
Lupita.Reads @angrylilasian Yay! Do it! Seriously so good 😋😋😋😋 8y
Lupita.Reads @MarticaMustRead I am seriously now craving soup! That sounds delicious! I'll have to get some soup for dinner 😍 8y
Arbol Left over chicken kale Caesar salad. I'm addicted to the basil in the dressing. Anything basil really. 8y
Lupita.Reads @arbol has some grilled cauliflower with rosemary, garlic and lemon. Addicted to rosemary! I feel you! 8y
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Genrebending
Colonel Lagrimas | Carlos Fonseca Suarez
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This is... strange. But somehow it makes sense in my head?

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Matilda
Colonel Lagrimas | Carlos Fonseca Suarez
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#bookmail ! Love the cover and sounds super interesting so it's going in the stack next to my bed.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled This sounds good!! 8y
RealLifeReading Ooh great cover 8y
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