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The question of "truth" from the lecture video brings my mind back to our in-class discussion regarding I, Rigoberta Menchu and the varied perspectives toward truth throughout that book. The difference with My Tender Matador is that the question o... read full post >>

 My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel was quite an interesting read! This short novel takes place in Chile and is based on the attempted assassination of Pinochet in 1986 with a complex, tumultuous love story between the Queen, an older trans woman ... read full post >>

 My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel was quite an interesting read! This short novel takes place in Chile and is based on the attempted assassination of Pinochet in 1986 with a complex, tumultuous love story between the Queen, an older trans woman ... read full post >>

    A political malaise of smoke and mirrors, secretive plots and political rebellion create the tone of My Tender Matador, the Pedro Lemebel book which concerns a foiled Guerilla plot to take down the Augusto Pinochet regime in 1980s Chile. As this week’s lecture puts it, it is as much a political drama as […] read full post >>

I remember being told last week that we had made it to the end of the “linguistically difficult” texts. After reading this, I’m not sure about that. I’m certainly not complaining, though: my favourite part of this book was the way it was written, however hard it may be to follow along with the dialogue […] read full post >>

I quite enjoyed reading Papi this week. Rita Indiana does a great job of narrating through the lens of a little girl who enjoys any moment she can have with her father. I found it funny how in the beginning, the narrator describes her father as being “like Jason, the guy from Friday the 13th. […] read full post >>

The book this week was quite a change a pace compared to the other reads in this course. The narration from the child’s perspective is quite a unique one compared to other books with a youthful and innocent narrator; there are a lot of nice stylistic touches that reminded me of my own childhood as … Continue reading → read full post >>

Carlos and the revolution I found My Tender Matador to be a more enjoyable and smooth read than some of the past books or passages we have read, like Borges or De La Parra. I think this was not only due to the style of writing Lemebel uses, but also the content itself, which draws […] read full post >>

I was excited throughout reading this book that it was probably one of the easier and lighter reads of the semester, and given that this is the last book I’ll be reading, that I guess I can say I’m ending it on a good note. Other than the title itself (and maybe the summary, but […] read full post >>

The story of My Tender Matador, takes place in the Chile of 1986, having read Roberto Bolaño’s Distant Star, which is partly set in Chile in the immediate aftermath of the coup of September 11. Lemebel’s novel feels like a continuation of the story of the struggle against the military junta over a decade later. Along with […] read full post >>