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dreams fill in where memories fail

Space Invaders by Nona Fernández, Natasha Wimmer

June 5, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

If you too are seeking respite from this surprisingly hot Saturday, I whole-heartedly recommend spending an hour curled up in front of a fan while reading Space Invaders from cover to cover. This is the second fictional account of being a child in Pinochet’s Chile to rise through my TBR pile this year; How to Order the Universe offered one girl’s story, while Space Invaders  trades dreams and memories from a chorus of children who grew up too soon against the terror of the 1980s. Unlike the precocious […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 21st century history, Chile, dreamlike, fast read, historical fiction, How to Order the Universe, melancholy, military coup, military junta, Natasha Wimmer, nona fernandez, Nona Fernández, Natasha Wimmer, novella, pinochet, political unrest, Quick read, short read, spanish language, translation

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 21st century history, Chile, dreamlike, fast read, historical fiction, How to Order the Universe, melancholy, military coup, military junta, Natasha Wimmer, nona fernandez, Nona Fernández, Natasha Wimmer, novella, pinochet, political unrest, Quick read, short read, spanish language, translation ·
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We don’t know whether this is a dream or a memory.

Space Invaders by Nona Fernandez

The Promise by Silvina Ocampo

The Fool by Anne Serre

A Short, Sharp Shock by Kim Stanley Robinson

Welcome to America by Linda Bostrum Knausgaard

Invisible Kingdom vol 1 by G Willow Wilson

Beyonders vol 1 by Paul Jenkins

Infinite Dark vol 1 by Ryan Cady

December 15, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Space Invaders – 4/5 stars This short novel from Chile takes places in late 70s and early 80s in Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship in which tens of thousands of dissenters were placed in concentration camps, killed outright, or both, often having their entire existence bureaucratically eradicated in the process. It was common practice bodies to be burned or dumped in the ocean as well. This novel is a novel of childhood as kids through a main narrator try to make sense of their world. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: a short sharp shock, anne serre, beyonders vol 1, G Willow Wilson, infinite dark vol 1, invisible kingdom vol 1, kim stanley robinson, linda bostrum knausgard, nona fernandez, paul jenkins, ryan cady, silvina ocampo, space invaders, the fool, the promise, welcome to america

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:692 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: a short sharp shock, anne serre, beyonders vol 1, G Willow Wilson, infinite dark vol 1, invisible kingdom vol 1, kim stanley robinson, linda bostrum knausgard, nona fernandez, paul jenkins, ryan cady, silvina ocampo, space invaders, the fool, the promise, welcome to america ·
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