The third novel(la) I've read by Nobel Prize winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez, after Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981) and No One Writes to the Colonel (1958), Leaf Storm is another brief depiction of life in a small Latin American community. The narrative takes place on the day of the town doctor's death and the three narrators, grandfather, mother and son, provide differing perspectives on the event and the mysterious doctor's past.
brilliant...
At just 119 pages, Leaf Storm tells its story economically and skillfully, the three person narration style working well, providing generational insight on the subject of death and slowly peeling back the layers on the doctor's past. There's a mystery to be found then, although I'm not sure there's much resolved by the book's end.
but...
As with the other two books I've read by this author, both very short as well, I feel like I should be taking more from the story, but I can't quite see what it is that's supposed to be. It's not that Leaf Storm feels insubstantial, just a bit inconsequential.
briefly...
An easy to read quickie with some intriguing mystery.
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