David Trueba
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Llamará el Acordeonista: Antología de textos de Manolo Marinero (2019) — Foreword, some editions — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1969-09-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Spain
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
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- Rating
- 3.3
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- 84
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This book gets kudos on several fronts - - its realistic portrayal of relationships, its incredible depiction of the male point of view of love and loss, and its subtle reflections on death. A lot happens in "Learning to Lose", but none of it is over dramatized or maudlin . . .and that's in part that the author took his time weaving his tale of three unique, but connected, sets of relationships.
Unfortunately, the pacing of the book wasn't quite right for me - - it's very long and parts of it were slow. However, in this case, I think the slower pacing was merited as it really let you feel the evolution of the characters in such a realistic way.… (more)