The Ballad of Johnny Sosa
Aparain has unsurprisingly already been compared to
Marquez. But this rich parable shares as much with
Steinbeck's The Pearl as it does with Marquez's work.
Both read like a folk legend, both portray music as the
yearning soul's most intimate expression, and both
describe the struggle of an unsophisticated peasant-
type against powerful societal forces
"...and dedicates himself to bolero, Col. Valerio promises to sponsor his participation in a national singing competition. At first,..."
March 25, 2005 Books Review by Jeff Tonn
