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Way Far Away
Way Far Away | Evelio Rosero, Anne (translator) McLean, Victor (translator) Meadowcroft
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Way Far Away is the Colombian master Evelio Rosero’s ninth novel and has been billed by his Spanish publisher as “one of the most important Colombian works of fiction written in the past two decades.” In search of his missing granddaughter Rosaura, an old man named Jeremías Andrade arrives in a town strewn with dead mice and overflowing with mist and fog. The owner of a rotten hotel and the dwarf who always accompanies her; children who play with sinister soccer balls and observe life from the ruined rooftops; an albino named Bonifacio who appears and disappears like a ghost; the cart driver whose only task is to pick up the mice piling up night after night; the charitable nuns in a nearby convent—these are the characters that converge in a vigil turned nightmare. Jeremías’s wanderings reveal a haunting truth, and a possibility of reunion in a place where all is lost, a forever-gaping abyss.
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Way Far Away | Evelio Rosero, Anne (translator) McLean, Victor (translator) Meadowcroft
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Atmospheric, allergorical, nightmarish, like a fever dream. I kept seeing Silent Hill in my mind, minus the zombie-type creatures. Even for the horror lover that I am, this book horrified me. It was so incredibly well-written, and I could envision every scene, every detail, every person. I could hear the character's voices and envision their terror. 5 stars from me.
*Image is from the movie Silent Hill, which I kept seeing in my mind.*

Suet624 Sounds exactly like something I need to stay far away from. 🤣🥴 9mo
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