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johnnyFive · 1771 days ago · link · · parent · post: Let's have a book thread! What have you been reading?
Children of God by Mary Doria Russel. I started this awhile ago, but have only recently gotten back into it. A sequel to the spectacular The Sparrow, it's not the easiest read but is quite compelling. Yo el Supremo (I the Supreme) by Augusto Roa Baos. The Royal Spanish Academy has a really cool (in Spanish) edition celebrating the centenary of the author's birth. It's a fictionalized account of Paraguayan dictator Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, and focuses on the relationship between language and political power.