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People suffers a lot, but my heart was full of hope. I know.

March 10, 2017 by camilaputz 14 Comments

Hi. This is my first CBR and the first review I write. And by forces of a destiny in which I do not believe, this review is about the second book I read from the Portuguese writer Valter Hugo Mãe, almost 4 years after the first, A máquina de fazer espanhóis (The Spanish making machine, my translation) made me cry copiously for 3 hours, even while eating a hot dog. A wet hot dog, by the way. It was a book so intense that I […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: contemporary fiction, Fiction, o filho de mil homens, portuguese, valter hugo mae

camilaputz's CBR9 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: contemporary fiction, Fiction, o filho de mil homens, portuguese, valter hugo mae ·
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