Title: Bad Translation
Product review: I give it one star simply because of the translation. For example, "la casa de Rosa" becomes in English "the house of Rosa" instead of "Rosa's house." The sloppiest, junior high school errors I've ever had the displeasure to read. And the demigod Gutierrez would likely be (probably is) extremely disappointed to learn that an awful translation makes this book entirely unbearable to read. The translator of Tropical Animal, whoever he is, brutalizes Gutierrez's work. It plods, stumbles, and staggers along with no clear appreciation for either English or the book's original Spanish. Just horrendous.Don't be deterred by this - try picking up Dirty Havana Trilogy translated by Natasha Wimmer, and you'll see the difference.
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