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Jeanne I felt like that story was sort of a metaphor for the Argentinian desaparacidos -- a period of time when the government and the police simply disappea…moreI felt like that story was sort of a metaphor for the Argentinian desaparacidos -- a period of time when the government and the police simply disappeared people and their relatives never found out what happened to them. The stories themselves did not have a linear logic. I mean what happened to the girl who was eaten by the haunted house? She became a desaparacida. Similarly, the husband and the mother in law were simply disappeared. There is no logic to it. That place, the hotel, was a place where things like that could happen. I don't think it makes sense to try to figure out what really happened.
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SadieWhiteCoat I think it’s open to interpretation…

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SadieWhiteCoat Lo siento, mi español no es excelente, y leí este libro en ingles, así no sè como el lenguaje es en español, pero pienso que lo que has diciendo es mu…moreLo siento, mi español no es excelente, y leí este libro en ingles, así no sè como el lenguaje es en español, pero pienso que lo que has diciendo es muy interesante. Para mí, el cuento con más giros inesperados era El Patio De Los Vecinos (no sè si se llama en español pero es la traducción directa) or posiblemente Bajo El agua negra. Y no lo sè sobre el lenguaje original, pero creo que Los Años Intoxicados tiene imaginería increible. El Chico sucio is muy bueno aunque :)(less)

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