RaveHigh Country NewsIn heartbreaking detail, Javier Zamora’s Solito: A Memoir recounts the author’s unaccompanied journey to a new country ... Zamora puts us in the mind of his 9-year-old self with painstaking care ... Zamora’s background as a poet...comes through in his use of short, staccato sentences during the tense, terrifying moments that Javiercito recounts. Every step of his treacherous journey engages the reader’s senses ... Zamora vividly evokes his childhood self.
Alexandra Lange
PositiveHyperallergicLange pulls on an especially interesting thread: how malls and fine art often merged ... The book highlights the ways in which the tensions and critiques of the shopping mall go beyond consumerism or “bad” design.
