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Bardo99 (Complete Works of Cecile Pineda series)

1 review
Cecile Pineda

Wings Press, 2002

Powerful and disturbing
The writing is of such quality and passion that I had to give 5 stars and yet I can't say I enjoyed reading it. It begins as a Kafaesque tale of a functionary in a totalitarian country conscripted to deal with a nuclear or biological disaster. It becomes more dreamlike. The protagonist constantly finds himself in bleak or claustrophobic setting surrounded by callous authorities. Cruelties seem to ...

Fishlight: A Dream of Childhood (Complete Works of Cecile Pineda series)
Cecile Pineda

Wings Press, 2001

Told in the voice of a five-year-old girl who sees more than she understands, this novel chronicles her passage through sickness, the separation of her parents, and a maze of secret lives, all with the richness of her budding imagination.

The Love Queen of the Amazon (Complete Works of Cecile Pineda series)

2 reviews
Cecile Pineda

Wings Press (TX), 2002

Latin American magic realism satire?
It's set in Peru and Bolivia and maybe Brazil, and is full of erudite literary references and wonderful descriptions of old Lima. At first I thought it was real magic realism but then I thought it was a satire of the genre. The heroine is a sort of sexy female Candide. I was just rereading it and checked Amazon.com for more Cecile Pineda but find everything out of print. The only other review ...

Redoubt: A Mononovel (Complete Works of Cecile Pineda series)
Cecile Pineda

Wings Press, 2004

Structured like a jazz riff, this novel addresses questions of conception and birth, gender, war, and the slouch toward apocalypse.

Face

2 reviews
Cecile Pineda

Penguin Books, 1986

Unforgettable
I read this book a long time ago, but where others fade,this remains in my memory. It is a most unusual tale of the triumph of the human spirit. The main character suffers a disfiguring injury which has a profound effect on his life. The steps he takes to re-enter the world are nothing short of amazing. Read it. You won't forget it.

Frieze (Complete Works of Cecile Pineda series)

1 review
Cecile Pineda

Wings Press, 2007

very spiritual , lyrical language...a poetic tour de force
Frieze takes us into the mind of the Buddhist from India who designed and built the famous temple at Borubudur. This means the setting is circa 700 A.D., but the book doesn't read like a historical novel. Instead, it's a poetic attempt to recreate the designer's mind and aesthetics by looking at the great monument he left behind. One feels privileged to discover the workings of a great ...