A review by bibliophile_gurl
The King Is Always Above the People: Stories by Daniel Alarcón
3.0
Some of the stories in this book are very short, less than 10 pages and some are much longer. I liked being able to choose what length of story I wanted to read at the time. I am not a huge fan of short stories because I think they are much harder to do well, but I think this author did a good job.
Some I feel went a bit over my head, I don't think I understood the writing style enough to fully appreciate it, but one story, called república and grau, really stood above the rest. It was poetic and simply written, but conveyed a deeper meaning that spoke to me (which is hard to do!) If you read just one story from this novel, I would recommend that one.
Some I feel went a bit over my head, I don't think I understood the writing style enough to fully appreciate it, but one story, called república and grau, really stood above the rest. It was poetic and simply written, but conveyed a deeper meaning that spoke to me (which is hard to do!) If you read just one story from this novel, I would recommend that one.