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The Witness
The Witness | Juan Jose Saer
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The evocative imagery and ideas revealed in The Witness are not easily forgotten.Washington Times Haunting and beautifully written.Independent on Sunday In sixteenth-century Spain, a cabin boy sets sail on a ship bound for the New World. An inland expedition ends in disaster when the group is attacked by Indians. The Witness explores the relationship between existence and description, foreignness and cultural identity. Juan Jos Saer was born in Argentina in 1937 and is considered one of Argentina's leading writers of the post-Borges generation. He died in 2005.
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Dilara
The Witness | Juan Jose Saer
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It's freezing outside (as in, hovering around 0°C, and I know North-Europeans and North-Americans are probably rolling their eyes at me because that's practically spring-like to them). I went out quickly to get my book & a slice of galette, and now I'm happily consuming both with a cup of Lady Grey in my warm house.

mcctrish I‘m Canadian and 0°C is not spring ?? that‘s winter, it‘s -4° C here and I don‘t want to go out at all 10mo
LiseWorks @mcctrish are you out west? I heard it was -55 celcius with the windshield in Calgary yesterday. Right now here in OttawanValley we are having a pretty good Snow storm with -4 Celcius 10mo
Dilara @mcctrish Ah but I was told by a person from Québec who will remain nameless that as soon as you reach 0°C, it's The Thaw and therefore spring 😁. And that we (French people) are just fragile little things... 10mo
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Dilara @LiseWorks -55°C is just out of this world 😲 10mo
mcctrish @Dilara well it does get colder that 0° for sure, but above that is spring @LiseWorks I‘m in southern Ontario and we have the same snow storm after a week of snow turning to rain - I‘d like the temperature to stabilize a bit and not do the big swings anymore #mudeverywhere 10mo
LiseWorks @mcctrish oh that's too funny, I'm French and I'm not fragile lol 10mo
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laurenduke300
The Witness | Juan Jose Saer
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Starting out pretty good. Finally a nice quick read off the #1001books list.

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1001BooksPodcast
The Witness | Juan Jose Saer
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A strange but compelling tale about what happens when cultures first encounter each other. It‘s also the first book we have ever read about Europeans conquering South America by someone from South America. Worth a read. #1001books #bookpodcast

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1001BooksPodcast
The Witness | Juan Jose Saer
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Sneak peak of an upcoming #1001books podcast episode. I‘m making this one a #planeread. Seems appropriate because there is a boat on the cover!

Alwinn Found this podcast LOVE IT! 7y
1001BooksPodcast Thanks! So glad you like it! 7y
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