Sunday Salon: José Carlos Somoza, Zig Zag

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Currently reading: José Carlos Somoza
Pages read: 30 | total for day: 30
Time spent reading: 33 minutes | total for day: 33 minutes

Comments: I haven't yet had a lot of time to read today, but I did make a start on José Carlos Somoza's Zig Zag. I haven't read the jacket copy on purpose as I wanted to wander into it all unaware. So far, it's quite compelling. It begins with a two-part prologue in which two scenes--an idyllic fishing spot, an apartment building--are riven by screams. Then we meet the book's protagonist, an ostensibly perfect woman--the young, attractive, brilliant Elisa Robledo, whose perfection, however, harbors some cause for fear. Somehow, we presume, related to that aforementioned screaming.

A good first sentence: "Exactly six minutes and thirteen seconds before her life took a drastic, horrifying turn, Elisa Robledo was working at something quite ordinary." TwitterLit-worthy, but too long.

So far I'm really enjoying this. It's just what I needed after my last couple of reads, which were more serious in tone.

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Comments

[Ann Darnton]

1.

I don't know the author, Deb. Is this in translation?

[Debra Hamel]

2.

Hi, Ann. Originally written in Spanish, I guess. But your question made me look to see what else he's written and it turns out he's the author of The Athenian Murders. Which I really didn't like very much....