Invigorating if not a bit exhausting. NYC invaded by cows, pigs, taxis, tanks. A war on civilization. A revolution in poetry.

This book is to the postmodern latinamerican novel, what One Hundred Years of Solitude is to the Boom. Important, engaging, a must read.

Overwhelming and rejuvenating. I recommend it for fans of the avant-garde. It's a one-of-a-kind book that actually feels more like a series of many books--an epic of sorts. Pastoral was the best section--shepherds causing traffic jams in NY. If you like Peter Handke, Dario Fo, and A. Artaud--you may be up for this book.

La literatura chilena es excelente, recuerdo este libro con nostalgia ... volveria a leerlo si lo tuviera en mis manos y tuviese tiempo! Os lo recomiendo desde la primera página os cautivará.

This is the book about romanticism, deep class separation, politics and honesty in the Chile of 1850, The hero shows all the points of his flawless character in the context of a full ethics approach to relationships, It will make an spectacular gift for teens and persons of teen heart because it included a passionate love story with optimistic message for all.

Additionally the political events that form part of the novel are real, and will provide a deep knowledge of political forces in a just-born Country.

I read it when I was teen, I reread for my fifty birthday, always with watery of eyes.....