Literary
Humor
2012
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Published in Spanish as Benditas ruinas
From the moment it opens--on a rocky patch of Italian coastline, circa 1962, when a daydreaming young innkeeper looks out over the water and spies a mysterious woman approaching him on a boat--Jess…
What it is
Two eras told side by side · odd and endearing
What happens in it
Two timelines
How it feels
Before you pick it up
Is it for you?
It's for you if…
- you like two stories that end up meeting
- you like dry, sideways humour
- you like a book that stays with you for days
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