I wouldn't have met Piti if it hadn't been for a chichigua. To translate chichigua as a kite does not do justice to these beautiful creations of...
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Concerning the excerpt: the whimsy level is dangerously high, the pacing is seriously off, but I like the brown apple (like an old laugh) metaphor. For every winning brown apple moment, however, there seems to be at least one lazy (eyes behind thick glasses like tropical fish) throw-away. Admittedly, finding something snarkily fresh or illuminating to say on the topic of either orphans or nuns (or orphans and nuns) isn't easy. Maybe the other stories are stronger.
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The Dead Fish Museum: Stories by Charles D'Ambrosio
ann ominous, November 26, 2006
Concerning the excerpt: the whimsy level is dangerously high, the pacing is seriously off, but I like the brown apple (like an old laugh) metaphor. For every winning brown apple moment, however, there seems to be at least one lazy (eyes behind thick glasses like tropical fish) throw-away. Admittedly, finding something snarkily fresh or illuminating to say on the topic of either orphans or nuns (or orphans and nuns) isn't easy. Maybe the other stories are stronger.(37 of 81 readers found this comment helpful)