Reading Notes: Simone

Eduardo Lalo

"Writing. What other choice do I have in this world, where so many things are forever beyond my reach? But I'm still here, alive and irrepressible, and it doesn't matter if I've been condemned to corners, to cupboards to nothingness."

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"Another Sunday morning. The quiet street, a few kids shouting, a brief gust of wind swirling leaves down the sidewalk. The restless day of rest. Blessed are the birds that sing today like any other day - that is, without hope"

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My enjoyment of this book was greatly enhanced by reading it on a rooftop in San Juan, with the warm January air rustling the pages and making the story come even more alive.