Author Archives: mg444

I must say, it’s been nice to get a break from Juan García Madero’s narration — and from Juan García Madero in general, if I’m honest. I kept thinking that one of the characters in part two would talk about him when they talked about Ulises Lima and Arturo Belano, but nothing so far, and … Continue reading →

In Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, a grieving father and son set off on a long drive to the home of their wife and mother’s family. Except it’s a lot more complicated than that: the father, Juan, is a medium with a serious heart condition; the son, Gaspar, is beginning to be able … Continue reading →

I know my title is just an obvious statement, but I haven’t been able to figure out how else to describe the first part of The Savage Detectives. Juan García Madero gets adopted by a bunch of weird poets and stops going to law school. And no one who knows even really cares. And then he … Continue reading →

Hello! I’m Mason. I am currently doing my M.A. in Hispanic Studies, but before this I was a Romance Studies major here at UBC, so being in this course feels kind of like visiting home. Like several of you, I am planning to read Our Share of Night (Nuestra parte de noche) by Mariana Enríquez alongside … Continue reading →