A long drive across Chile's Atacama desert, traversing "the worn-out puzzle" of a broken family--a young man's corrosive intimacy with his mother, the obstructive cheer of his absentee father, his uncle's unexplained death--occupies the heart of this novel, Camanchaca is a low fog pushing in form the sea, its moisture sustaining a near-barren landscape, Camanchaca is the discretion that makes a lifelong grief possible. Sometimes, the silences are what bind us.
2/5 stars (it was ok)
I couldn't really get into it. Each page contained little snippets of thought and sometimes they really didn't mean much. I think this would have been more enjoyable as a full novel. I would have liked to have gotten more from the main character instead we don't get much.
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