Week sixteen Book twenty-three : The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez

 

Delightfully written and wistfully delivered story. Provided you don't examine the events too closely, or think too much beyond the superficial romantic nature of it all.

The bilingual writing, the cultures mixing together and the fact it's (mostly) set in a bygone era, are forgiving enough for the selfishness and phallocentric machismo that drives much of the narrative.   

A lot of people pay the price of one man's desires, where women exist to serve the destiny of men, or to curse them and be overcome. 

So there's a bit to forgive, but it's still engaging and it's still beautifully written.