4 journalers for this copy...
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Journal Entry 1 by livrecache from Hobart, Tasmania Australia on Friday, June 22, 2007
 One of the 1001 books to read before you die.
Offered as bookring (Australia only as it's quite big).
Sent on its journey 6 July 2007
1. Make a journal entry when the book arrives safely.
2. Please try to read the book within 6-8 weeks of receiving it (or make a journal entry to let us know how you're getting on if you need longer).
3. When finished, journal your thoughts about the book.
4. PM the next person on the list and send it to him or her.
Participants:
luckaye (Qld)
Fleebo (Qld)
tqd (NSW) (I presume tqd asked to be skipped?)
jubby (NSW)
Back with me for the moment
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Journal Entry 2 by livrecache at By post in Melbourne, a controlled release -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, July 05, 2007
Released 4 yrs ago (7/5/2007 UTC) at By post in Melbourne, a controlled release -- Controlled Releases WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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Sent off on its way as a bookring.
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Journal Entry 3 by luckaye from Logan City, Queensland Australia on Monday, July 09, 2007
Arrived today - will get to it as soon as I can.
I found this book to be hard going at times!
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Journal Entry 4 by luckaye at Hand delivered in Fortitude Valley, Queensland Australia on Monday, August 13, 2007
Released 4 yrs ago (8/13/2007 UTC) at Hand delivered in Fortitude Valley, Queensland Australia WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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Delievered by my hubby who works in the Valley.
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Journal Entry 5 by Fleebo from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Received safely. Thanks.
Update 11 October: Ulp. Still only a few pages into it. Sorry for holding it up...
12 November. Ok, that's quite enough of my wasting everyone's time. I haven't read it, but I will pass it on now. Thanks anyway.
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Journal Entry 6 by jubby from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Friday, November 23, 2007
Yay! This arrived in the post today.
Another to throw onto Mt. TBR.
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Journal Entry 7 by jubby from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Wow!
I was amazed by how much I enjoyed reading this book. The story itself was not of the happy variety (obviously),and I did squint my eyes and skip a few paragraphs during the torture scenes, but I found that I was really sucked in by the three parallel stories.
The first story being that of Urania Cabral aged 49, who after 31 years away from her native home, returns to confront her past and her elderly father - whom she has not spoken to in all those years.
The second story is that of the assassins of the dictator (otherwise known as 'The Goat'), who are sitting in a car, waiting for him to pass by, so they can kill him. Each of these men have suffered at the hands of Trujillo (Generalisimo).
The third story is that of Trujillo's himself, leading up to the assassination.
Now the story itself is deftly crafted, and easily stands up to being a great work of fiction but after a foray onto www.youtube.com I discovered that this book is more an example of 'faction'.
In this interview with Charlie Rose (after 27 mins. in), Vargas Llosa said the idea for this book came to him when he was in The Dominican Republic to film a movie of one of his early books in 1975.
'My stories choose me' he says. But do they really? Being Peruvian, and living under a dictorship himself, I should think that he had some insight into how a Latin American Regime would function, and at the cost to the people. And knowing this, would he be silly enough to put his 'literary head' above the barricades to report and criticise the current leaders? It would be madness.
But to write about a similar situation that happened a couple of decades ago in another country, and present it as fiction? A much better idea.
I've read very little from Latin America, and my knowledge of this vast and many cultured continent is rather sparse too. I feel enriched for having made the (at time gargantuan) effort to read this book, and to come to understand just a smidgen of what Latin American was like in the 1960s.
Thank you for sharing this book with me Livrecache.
And after chatting to TQD on Election Night, I can tell you that yes, she did want to be skipped in this bookring - she's snowed under with others at present.
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Journal Entry 8 by jubby at Bookring in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Released 4 yrs ago (12/4/2007 UTC) at Bookring in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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Posted home to Livrecache.
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Journal Entry 9 by livrecache from Hobart, Tasmania Australia on Thursday, December 06, 2007
Two rings completed in the same batch of post! Thank you to the book-coverer - whose identity is now apparent to me! I must learn how to do it! Thanks to all for all taking part. I've yet to read it, as it seemed a bit daunting. But jubby's given me hope. I expect my reaction will more probably mirror Fleebo's and Luckaye's though!
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The Feast of the Goat
