Gyox 37 37 itibaren 4850 Altwartenburg, Austria
this is _one hundred years of solitude_ in the caribbean--mostly based on the history of the island of Martinique. The book was originally written in French creole. Even the English translation is a complete reinvention of the language where the rhythms and idioms of the spoken word force the text into brand new tricks and configurations. part of my post-colonial all-stars collection
An interesting book. The location of the action is unusual and provocative. I enjoyed the depiction of corruption in Equatorial Guinea and learned that the capital of that country is located in an island off the African Coast. The main character is unusual but I do not think it resembles in any way Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth. I thought the character lacked the inner fire of "the tattooed girl" Some of the escapes that Munroe performs in the book seem a little far fetched. In addition I felt the author was a little too cryptic in her setting of the mystery in order to make it more interesting. Instead she made the story hard to follow and required the rereading of some passages.