Being Delulu is the Solulu -The Book of Chameleons
This week's read was The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo. From the title, I had assumed that our lizard narrator would be a chameleon, but funny enough, he was a gecko. After reading this book, it definitely makes sense that it was titled after an animal that can constentley change its skin and blend to the background. I think in this book you can find many chameleons, these individuals with shifting identities who reveal themselves at the end of the book. We have the Foreigner, (probably the most obvious) who takes on the persona of José Buchmann. Throughout the book, the foreigner starts to shift into this role, changing the way he acts and talks to become this character. You watch him become a convincing José, going so far as visiting his “fake” fathers grave and going on a journey to find his “fake” mom. He was so convincing at being José, that I myself had to double check and reread the beginning of the texts to make sure he was not. We also see other chameleons, like Edm...