Optic Nerve (Hardcover)

from Steve38

Write about what you know is sometimes given as advice to those aspiring to authorship. Ms Gainza is already a writer and author and in Optic Nerve she has put what she knows to good use. She knows about art, she knows Buenos Aires and she knows her own family. These are the foundations on which ...

from RidgewayGirl

Before I became pregnant I could be very persuasive, I'd do anything (anything) to get my way, but lately all of my husband's replies had been starting with the word "no." This novel, largely set in Buenos Aires, centers on a woman's life, through the paintings that she loves. Each chapter recoun...

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2020 TOB--I really was at a loss on how to rate this book. It's not a long book yet it took me days to plow through. I'm not sure if part of my slowness was due to it being a translation or not. Anyway I decided on 4 stars because what a unique book. Each chapter discusses obscure information on ...

from lisapeet

This was neat, just sparklingly different from anything else I've read in a while. It's at least somewhat autofiction—the narrator, also named María, is an art critic in Buenos Aires, as is the author, and she's said in interviews that there are some overlaps with her life, but only some. Whateve...

from lisapeet

This was neat, just sparklingly different from anything else I've read in a while. It's at least somewhat autofiction—the narrator, also named María, is an art critic in Buenos Aires, as is the author, and she's said in interviews that there are some overlaps with her life, but only some. Whateve...