This is an interesting read to say the least.
I honestly dont know where to begin. I cant write about the film "My American Girls" in coversation with this book. The VCR kept messing up the VHS tape. #90sproblems
But the book is a good read, it is about a guy, Oscar, who is pretty much an outcast, for lack of a better word, and has weight problems growing up. While growing up he has issues with his personal life in forms of romance and even tries to commit suicide.
At the beginning, Diaz, writes about fukú americanus, which is a
curse of doom on the new world. You can believe that all the bad things that happens in this book are because of this fukú. there is a word to ward off this curse which is "zafa" but it doesnt exactly seem like it helps.
This brings me to curses in general, sorcery like voodoo, hoodoo, witch craft, indian curses, eypytian curses. Now I do believe in ghosts, dont get me wrong, but it seems like some of these things are a little too out of whack to make any sense, and to have a curse called "Fuku americanus" just seems a little over the top, but thats just my personal opinion.
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