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- Title: Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord
- Author: Louis de Bernières
- ISBN: 9780375700149
- Page: 391
- Format: Paperback
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let me introduce you to Dionisio properly, except that I am going to start calling him Empedocles, who misguidedly threw himself into a volcano in order to prove that he was a god I find that analogy very apt In the eyes of his friend Ramon, an unusual policeman who refuses bribes and reads the classics, the natural philosophy professor Dionisio Vivo is an idealist with a death wish Vivo puts principles before common sense, and attacks the powerful drug cartels in his city of Ipasueno through br [...]
Livin la Vivo LocaThis was my second reading of this rambunctious book I pored over it quite a while back, not realising that it was just one part of a trilogy, duh Kinda doesn t matter anyway.Following in the footsteps of Gabriel Garc a M rquez, Berni res delightful brand of Magical Realism is a joy to behold.Set in a fictional South American country imagine Colombia , the author introduces us to Se or Vivo, a philosophising intellectual who imagines he can take on the murderous drug cartels by [...]
Utterly engrossing this is like if Garcia Marquez got off his high horse and lessened his stern seriousness and had some frickin fun Carnavalesque, the central love story is embedded like a beautiful diamond in this multi chaptered saga of magical realism and extra bittersweet poignancy I loved this revisit to Louis de Bernieres vivid terrain the inclusion of Dionosio Dios God Vivo to the cast of characters that includes Remedios the Revolutionary and Don Emmanuel is an assurance that the last e [...]
This book is hard to explain On one hand, it s a genuinely passionate statement about how the cocaine trade has crippled South America and everyone is too afraid to go against the cartels on the other hand, it s a magical realism story where human women can give birth to cats, gods posses people, and panthers can be domesticated Amazingly, these two very different elements combine to make a fantastic story It doesn t seem like it would work how can an author make a statement about the realistica [...]
First let me say that I was ever so glad to have read the first in the trilogy before this one I truly don t know what the 1001 books people were thinking putting this on the list without the other I cannot imagine getting much out of this without The War of Don Emmanuel s Nether Parts To add to that, Don Emmanuel was a better read for me There are many references to Cochadebaja de los Gatos and, in fact, some of the action takes place there How would anyone know the significance of that without [...]
I had no idea that the thrift store close to home had also second hand books on sale I went there a lot of times searching for nice clothes, but never, ever noticed the English books sitting on the shelf Today I went in this store with a friend and wasn t intending to buy anything when, suddenly, I had a vision I finally saw the books And they were soo cheap, like 0.30 cents Mostly romance, but there was also this book, that I proudly took home.
Louis, baby, how are you That s great, man I m good too You know me working hard, playing hard Listen, we received your latest opus and we have to say, we are impressed No problem at all, you really do know how to dig and strike gold, or oil Or whatever it is they dig and discover down South America way Opium Is it opium Do you dig for opium Hey It don t matter, just rest assured that you have a good story here Please, Louis, I m always happy to give a guy like you compliments There s just one t [...]
Dionisio Vivo is a philosophy teacher in Ipasue o, who begins writing letters to the national newspaper about the effects of the coca trade on the people of this unnamed South American country though, presumably Columbia He s a young man, given to idealism, and his letters are full of outrage and obvious concern for the poor of his country And then corpses begin turning up on his front lawn His friend, Ramon, an honest policeman finds the message all too clear the drug lords want Dionisio to sto [...]
Beautifully written and amazingly vivid, this is a book that covers a great swathe of narrative, and human experience Sometimes it made me laugh out loud One chapter prevented me from sleeping, and still haunts me When de Berniers is playful, he is charming When he plunges into the darkest aspects of human nature and behaviour, he is shocking Through the contrasts, the dramatic shifts betwen light and dark, compassion and horror, he weaves a complex story There is romance, tragedy, magical reali [...]
If they made a Hieronymous Bosch painting into a novel, and set it in South America, this might be the result Could be the polar opposite of Downton Abbey or Pride and Prejudice De Bernieres signature combinatorial creativity in his prose is present throughout this novel as is his reality based satire The characters are magical Dionisio as the tragic hero figure who also happens to be a professor of secular philosophy Aurelio the indian, a master brujo who knows santeria and communicates with hi [...]
The had his usual wonderfully lyrical prose that somehow makes it easier to comprehend or accept the horrific violence that takes place throughout, although I didn t love this one as much as the first and last books in the trilogy I think that had to do with the fact that I read the final one before this, being to anxious to keep reading as I waited for my copy of this to arrive in the mail, so much of the tragedy here seemed almost anti climactic, and the ending seemed strangely rushed or deta [...]
I can t praise de Berni res enough Ever Intelligent and brilliant writing as always I should be used to laughing out loud one minute and feeling nauseated and shocked the next with his books but it still hits me hard when it happens His writing is brilliant and hilarious, yet at times outrageous and shocking The shocking part in this novel was rather graphicI had to force myself through it and hope that I d be laughing again in the next chapter I was I LOVE the magic realism in this trilogy He d [...]
I would have given this book four stars had it not been for a couple of horrific chapters which made me so sick I scanned the rest Otherwise, an enjoyable read Given this is set in an imaginary south american country it really brought home the struggle against the coca cartels with an interesting story and prose
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I am definately in the minority in giving this a 2 star rating but I will stick to my guns This book is mainly an exercise in intellectual mast bation I like to learn new words so I didn t mind having to reach for the dictionary every second page and even used online translation for some of the Spanish words Bernier s style is florid and overly self indulgent, perhaps in an effort to mimic the storytelling style of overexcited Mexican housewives or boastful gauchos I liked the way the story blen [...]
I ll tell you what another Good Reads reviewer said concisely and with insight, which allows me to take a pass, have a cup of tea, and get on to my next book I hope I m not breaking some rule by quoting them I will say that I didn t like it as much as the first and last book in the trilogy, and contemplated 3 stars But its wonderful language won me over Beautifully written and amazingly vivid, this is a book that covers a great swathe of narrative, and human experience Sometimes it made me laugh [...]
I really enjoyed this quite bizarre story It reminded me somewhat of the style of Ernest Hemingway s For Whom the Bell Tolls in that the author captured the essence of the landscape and the people with vivid flavour and texture, and gave us a wonderful hero in Senor Vivo The slightly paranormal experiences of the jungle cats and the ability of the natives in the mountains to astral travel and assume the identities of various deities is partly I suspect due to some hallucinogenic experiences with [...]
Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord began as an enthralling, funny, well written book Then it took a tragic turn, and became deep, philosophic, and thought provoking It s characteristic Louis de Berni res, a sequel to The War of Don Emmanuel s Nether Parts but don t worry if you don t remember most of it I didn t and still very much enjoyed this one The best way to describe this, I think, is to say it s a lot like life Funny, unpredictable, rich, harrowing, sweet, and sad But not depressing It s everyt [...]
How do you review a book that is so hard to explain I can t Unfortunately, I don t have the gift of putting my thoughts onto paper or finding the words needed to describe how I feel I can only suggest that you read the review of this book on by a girl named Madeline copy paste this link to see her review review show Her review sums up everything I wish I could say My own review could only be summed up by stating that Louis De Berni res is a genius I applaud him for telling this story so brillian [...]
This Brit, a self acknowledged M rquez parasite, tries too hard to write a crazy, mythic, magical, Latin American book starting with his first line Ever since his young wife had given birth to a cat as an unexpected consequence of his experiments in sexual alchemy But you can get carried away as you follow the professor unloosing his pen and some unintended voodoo on a minor drug lord carrying out his terrible, gory, minutely described tortures.Caricatures abound But action drives the book acros [...]
A huge and absorbing story that as with all the best magical realism, manages to be flippant and cynical yet deadly serious hilarious yet horrifying beautiful yet intensely tragic, leaving you with the feeling that your own life isn t quite as real as what you have just read There are gorgeous lines like but no one wanted to believe a story of such banality, and anyone who related it was ridiculed and shouted down until even they began to believe the mythologised version and Valledupar, a city s [...]
This is a read for adults only, set in South America in a small nation being dominated by the drug gangsters The author was born in UK but lectured in South America for a few years, after which he wrote his books Don Vivo is a lecturer who writes erudite letters to his local paper about how the coca trade is destroying the nation For instance, the balance of trade is badly affected, because of every ten millon dollars of gain from selling coca, the drug lords lodge nine in a Swiss bank account a [...]
This is the second in De Bernieres wildly imaginiative Latin American trilogy, after The War Of Don Emmanuels Nether Parts Whereas the first focuses primarily on politics, this story is a scathing attack on the drug trade The eponymous hero, Dionisio, is a philosophy professor who provokes the wrath of the cartels with his public letter writing campaign.Yet, when the drug lords send hit men to get rid of him they inexplicably fail every time Baffled by his seeming invincibility, a myth builds up [...]
Writing in the mystical style of South American novelists, Louis de Bernieres creates a story that is hilarious and horrific, sadistic and sad, colorful, fantastic, illuminating, beautiful, mythical and brutal, tragi comedy and allegorical love story of Columbia Senor Vivo, professor of philosophy, unlikely adversary, and Everyman, finds himself the target of retaliation by the brutish drug lord, El Jerarca, who has moved into the area Vivo s audacious acts of heroism, in the form of anonymous l [...]
I love this book It is a great satire describing one man s fight agaist the evil of the drug cartels in a fictional South American country It sets a beautiful love story against a violent backdrop With gentle humour and sarcasm he contrasts the simple truths set out by Dionesis Vivo a professor of philosophy with the incomprehensible lunacy filling the country The story is told in a magic realist style homage to South American masters but, again, this blunts the impact of the brutality described [...]
I remember falling in love with this book almost instantly It has a different cover in the Czech Republic and that was what initially drew me to the book and I have not regretted it It is not my typical story and I had to turn to the Spanish dictionary at the end of a book often that notbut it was not that annoying, surprisingly I followed the story and looking up the words did not seem like a nuisance, it was exciting it has something to do with the fact that there was a LOT of adult language [...]
Like its predessecor, the War of Don Emmanuel s Nether Parts , this is a novel that has everything you could want, like a good stew It s a great love and revenge story set in a fictional Latin American country focused around a philosophy professor named Dionisio Vivo who becomes a local legend when he openly challenges the all powerful coca trade, with violent consequences There s love, there s sex, there s horror, there s humour, buckets of imagination and heart rending tragedy There s one horr [...]
This trilogy gets weirder as it progresses We have here a magical and or drug laden story of fantastical proportions Dionisio Vivo cares not a hoot whether he upsets the all powerful military dictatorship His letters to the local paper , in opposition to the Coca lords, spark off the story and keep it going Part of the opening paragraph will give you a flavour of the book.Ever since his young wife had given birth to a cat as an unexpected consequence of his experiments in sexual alchemy, and eve [...]
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de Bernieres two books, Corelli s Mandolin and Birds without Wings, list among my top five books ever As such, I was delighted discover a new book by him new to me , Senor Vivo and the Coco Lord de Bernieres is such a fabulous writer, with typically rich plots, deep characters, and all sorts of literary panache, that I think I would like most anything he had written As such, I liked Senor Vivo The descriptions were as delightful as I expected, and the plot dealt with weighty issues However, I m [...]