Reseña del libro "Constellation of a Daze (en Inglés)"
Constellation of a Daze is a vivid peek into the wild, bold and fearless state of mind a young woman called Treacle Tart has as she begins a relationship with her former high school teacher the summer after graduation. Written in first person point of view, not to be exploitative, but rather to unapologetically set the record straight in her own words when everybody else had an opinion on her life, to preserve her state of daring, save the innocence of her first love, remember her idealism, prevent those qualities from being taken away, feel cathartic release, bury wishes in hopes to later be actualized and as a method of self defense to affirm the power and validity of her voice. An account of doubts and dreams, confusion and clarity, it contains musings on the meaning of life, love, image and what constitutes a person's identity in reference to her experience. An experimental fictional novel with part I being a narrative introducing the situation, part II being a poem with a letter expressing the falling action and part III being a poem with a letter giving the ambiguous conclusion. A story that mirrors the twists and turns of love as it structurally goes from rigid to breaking off into fragments as it goes on, the story also features an unconventional plot structure based on mostly internal conflict to replicate an event taking place primarily in the protagonist's head. At times rambling, flamboyant, melodramatic and ditzy, it is raw and stripped of pretension, transcending clichés commonly associated with the topic in its authenticity. While perhaps not always flowery in language, there is truth in its bare bones and it does contain certain poetic elements. While it may or may not be worthy of the pretty labels of art or poetry, it is undoubtedly the genuine unpacking and setting free of a soul cramped inside the confines of society. Constellation of a Daze is the diary of a sympathetic "mad woman".
