Margaret Mascarenhas' book *The Disappearance of Irene dos Santos* readies for an India launch at the Sunaparanta main gallery later this evening, September 26, at 7 pm.
Here's one comment on it: Since The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas [http://astore.amazon.com/bermudaonion-20/detail/0446541109] is full of characters and is told in a non-linear fashion from different points of view, I had some trouble getting into it. The writing is beautiful and the underlying themes of Venezuelan myths and revolution are fascinating, though, so I was quickly reeled into the story. I would like to read more about Venezuela after reading this book. The ending of the book, however, left me wanting, and kept me from totally loving the book. I did enjoy it; I just didn’t love it. This book is full of symbolism and I’ll readily admit that I didn’t understand all of it. I found this post [http://richardtuschman.blogspot.com/2008/09/recent-work-irene-dos-santos-book.html] about the creation of the cover (which I love) interesting. Margaret Mascarehnas grew up in Venezuela. She is an American citizen of Goan origin and currently lives in Goa, India. She will be on Blog Talk Radio [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/grandcentralpub/2009/06/26/live-interview-with-margaret-mascarenhas-author-of-the-disappearance-of-irene-dos-santos] on Friday, June 26 at 11AM Eastern time. Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490
