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... If a reader came to the book expecting a story with any significant import on Neruda, they’d be terribly disappointed.
The Postman is frothy; it’s fun, trivial, a romp, even. I guess I really needed a laugh at the time I read it, and it worked magically for me! Hence the enthusiastic ... Book #88: The Postman (Il Postino) by Antonio Skármeta
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Ugh. A very superficial story about a young postman whose ... The Postman (Il Postino) by Antonio Skármeta
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Ugh. A very superficial story about a young postman whose only customer is ... ... by César Aira
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The Postman by Antonio Skármeta #139 I've had The Postman sitting in my abebooks shopping basket for a few weeks now since it was discussed on another LT thread. Your review makes me want to read it even more. The Postman by the Chilean Antonio Skármeta, expertly translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver. Rather than becoming a fisherman – like every other man on the beautiful island of Isla Negra, just off the mainland – Mario Jiménez becomes the postman. He only has one client – ... Thanks, Julia, I'm flattered :)
Finished and loved The Postman by the Chilean Antonio Skármeta; excellently translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver. Hope to be back with some thoughts as soon as I find a moment... ... halfway through the second one, and it mentioned a main character from the first one! :) Uncanny....
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This was a short, quick read, but very good. It is based in, and written by an author from, Chile. I hadn't read anything from Chile before, so that was ... I am currently in Chile with Mario Jimeeez in The Postman.
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