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prommethium · 8 months ago

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Nuestra Parte de Noche is a joy to read. There are fragments in French, English, and Latin. One would expect to see footnotes with the translations and interpretations, but no. Mariana Enriquez is a pretentious author, or maybe it was the editorial; who knows?! My point is that accessibility would be nice!!

The third chapter, narrated by Gaspar (page 234 in the Castellano version), what Juan was doing was a ritual to open scars; from what we have seen so far, they were probably Mercedes' (the solve and coagula on his arms).

#nuestra parte de noche #our share of night #I'm reading the book in Spanish #I don't have a problem with the languages #but still!!#it's unnerving and rude to see fragments in English and nothing around to understand them.#Probably this book is directed to a certain audience #like pretentious readers who don't need a dictionary #*laughs out loud*#BUT OMG!!! WAS IT EXPENSIVE TO ADD A LITTLE MORE INK???#Those are six hundred pages!!! a couple more with translations was nothing!#Also; the English is unnecessary!! it's an artifice to prove that some characters have certain education and had been at PlAcEs #BUT STILL!!

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