Susanna Daniel’s writing drew me right in. She’s very descriptive and gets right to the heart of things. Her name didn’t look familiar to me, but as I read I had a nagging feeling that I had read something similar. Sure enough, several years ago I read her previous novel, Stiltsville, which is set in […]
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Lotería: A Novel by Mario Alberto Zambrano
Mario Alberto Zambrano has written a beautiful and tragic novel in which a young girl uses the images on Lotería cards to tell her story. I’m not familiar with the game, so had to look it up. Lotería is a traditional Mexican game that is similar to bingo. Instead of having balls with numbers and letters […]