"As with the works of Henry James, Divine Punishment is an epic of
consciousness. But unlike them, the consciousness stirred here is
not individual but collective ... Sergio Ram rez draws one of the
most formidable portraits of bourgeois hypocrisy ever written in
Latin America ..." -- Tom s Eloy Mart nez "----------"
Between the fullness of comedy and the imminence of tragedy, Sergio
Ram rez has written the great novel of Central America the novel
that it was necessary to have in order to reach an intimacy with
its peoples, to visit the edge between their traditional
recalcitrance and their potential for renewal. . . -- Carlos
Fuentes "-----"
..". Rami?rez extends Flaubert's techniques to a whole society,
which becomes a true microcosm of Central America... Between the
fullness of comedy and the imminence of tragedy, Sergio Rami?rez
has written the great novel of Central America -- the novel that it
was necessary to have..." -- Carlos Fuentes "--"
"Set in the Nicaraguan city of Leon in the 1930s, and based on a
true story, it concerns the case of Oliverio Castaneda, a young
charmer and social climber accused of killing neighbors, patrons,
and lovers by poisoning. ... Hilarious, riveting, beautifully
constructed and written." -- Dan Bellm "PEN"
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