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La Vida Está En Otra Parte / Life Is Elsewhere

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La Vida Está En Otra Parte / Life Is ElsewhereUna novela sobre las trampas de la maternidad, el destino, las vidas equivocadas y las vidas no vividas. La madre de Jaromil es una mujer posesiva que mima en exceso a su hijo y que desprecia a su marido, un discreto ingeniero en cuyo interior se esconde un verdadero hroe. Alentado por la madre, que le celebra todas las gracias, Jaromil entra en la adolescencia creyndose un poeta. Mientras su madre tiene con el profesor de dibujo de Jaromil una

Una novela sobre las trampas de la maternidad, el destino, las vidas equivocadas y las vidas no vividas.

La madre de Jaromil es una mujer posesiva que mima en exceso a su hijo y que desprecia a su marido, un discreto ingeniero en cuyo interior se esconde un verdadero héroe. Alentado por la madre, que le celebra todas las gracias, Jaromil entra en la adolescencia creyéndose un poeta. Mientras su madre tiene con el profesor de dibujo de Jaromil una aventura que la llenará de remordimientos, su hijo conoce las dificultades de trabar amistad con sus compañeros de colegio y trata de ocultar en sus poemas sus primeras experiencias eróticas. Poco después creará en su imaginación a un personaje llamado Xavier, que vive lo que a él se le niega. Cuando ingresa a la universidad y en 1948 se instala en el país el comunismo con toda su dureza, Jaromil, convertido en un poeta del régimen, todavía ignora que su vida no es sino una eterna huida y, lo que es peor, que toda decisión acarrea consecuencias mucho más graves de lo que uno imagina.

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"I will say no more about this lacerating book except to urge it upon all who care about literature in our difficult era." -- Boston Globe

"A sly and merciless lampoon of revolutionary romanticism. . . Kundera commits some of the funniest literary savaging since Evelyn Waugh polished off Dickens in A Handful of Dust."-- Time

Milan Kundera initially intended to call this novel The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to him, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry.

Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made him a poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.


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JustPeachez
Chelsea, US
★★★★★ 1
Was stream of consciousness...
Format: Paperback
Not what I expected.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2019
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San Leandro, US
★★★★★ 5
Well done!
Format: Kindle
Young, bloodied, sleep deprived and starving, not to mention being surrounded by an army of hungry sharks! It seems almost unimaginable that a sixteen-year-old could experience such a harrowing ordeal and live to tell about it. The story of young Josh, a baseball loving kid from San Antonio, Texas, who forges his mothers signature in order to join the Navy, takes place in 1945 near the end of WWII aboard the USS Indianapolis. After being struck by a Japanese torpedo, the mighty Naval ship sinks, thrusting the survivors into an unforgiving ocean for five harrowing days. The story is fast-paced with lots of action without being overly graphic and is the perfect for middle-schoolers with a penchant for excitement! There's also a great friendship angle which was really great to see especially since the boy Josh befriends (Lee) is of Japanese decent. At the time Josh bears a lot of resentment towards the Japanese since his father was killed when the Japanese bombed Pear Harbor so I think this offers an excellent 'teaching moment' for kids today. The book is chock-full of numerous interesting facts about the USS Indianapolis which I hadn't known before reading the book. Of note, it states that the sinking of the USS Indianapolis resulted in the largest number of shark attacks on humans in history, which I think is a little known and very interesting fact! Well done!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2019
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Robbie Cheadle
Lowell, US
★★★★★ 5
A fast paced and exciting read
Format: Kindle
I really enjoyed this book about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis by a Japanese submarine towards the end of World War II. The story is told through the eyes of a sixteen year old boy, Josh, who lied about his age on his enlistment application and forged his mother's signature. He was determined to do his bit for the American war effort and revenge the death of his father during the attack on Pearl Harbour. When the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed, the survivors, about three quarters of the crew, were flung into the ocean without any survival equipment. Many of them did not even have life jackets and were burned by the fire that had broken out on board the ship or injured when they were swept overboard. The scent of urine and blood soon attracts sharks, lots of sharks, and the survivors fear that they have survived the sinking of the ship only to become food for these huge and vicious fish. The story is short and sharp and I think middle school and young teenage boys will really enjoy it. The author shares some details of the attack and sinking of the ship, without making it to graphic and over whelming for younger readers. Boys, particularly, will relate to the action packed excitement of the attack and also to Josh's thoughts about his mother and younger brother back home. The terrible hardship of being in the ocean for a few days, without food or water, the temptation to drink sea water to alleviate the dreadful thirst and the savage behavior of some of the other survivors are all well told but not with so much detail that younger readers will become overwhelmed or bored. Josh's relationship with another young survivor, Lee, who is of Japanese extraction is also most interesting and contains a good message of delving deeper into relationships and people that merely their heritage and looks.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2019
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Barbara Mojica
Omaha, US
★★★★★ 5
RAW AND REAL
Format: Kindle
A powerful story of a historical adventure narrated through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old survivor. Josh enlisted with forged papers to avenge the death of his father at Pearl Harbor. He is straight out of boot camp serving on the USS Indianapolis when the battleship is struck by a Japanese torpedo. He struggles to escape the burning ship, but that is just the beginning of his troubles. No help is in sight; sharks infest the waters, and the survivors begin to turn against each other. This book is a powerful story filled with raw emotions, adventure, and history. The authors provide readers with an action-packed tale filled with interesting facts about sharks and military history. It contains actual photographs, maps, and hand-drawn illustrations. The book is little more than one hundred pages. Reluctant readers can easily navigate the short chapters with graphics. Targeted for middle grades but just as appealing to young adult and adult audiences.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2022
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Rachel
Natrona Heights, US
★★★★★ 4
Approved by my 8 year old!
Format: Paperback
My 8 yr old son read it on his own. He liked it but some parts were a bit gross and scary for him. It is along the lines of the I Survived books. He said it was a good story because it was based on real life even though some of the parts were a little scary.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2021

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