16 Books To Start 2016 Right: Damnificados By Dotun AkintoyeO MagazineDecember 2015 A community of indigents attempting to settle in…
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Damnificados on The Discerning Reader
by MelindaThe Discerning ReaderJanuary 11th, 2016 Damnificados is loosely based on the real-life occupation of a half-completed skyscraper in Caracas,…
Damnificados in The Wall Street Journal
By Sam SacksWall Steet Journal December 4th, 2015 The unlikely gathering in J.J. Amaworo Wilson’s gonzo speculative novel “Damnificados” (PM…
Damnificados Reviewed on Helios
by Ken FintonHeliosJanuary 21st, 2016 JJ Amaworo Wilson’s Damnificados is based on real events, which seems almost incredible until you remember what…
Damnificados: A Library Journal Review
by Portia KapraunLibrary JournalJanuary 2016 Crippled Nacho Morales leads a group of misfits and outcasts in taking over an abandoned…
Damnificados: A Foreword Review
by Pallas Gates McCorquodale Foreword ReviewsFebruary 29th, 2016 Drawing inspiration from the true story of a skyscraper turned safe haven,…
The Hero Uses Crutches: JJ Amaworo Wilson’s Damnificados
By Kate MacDonaldMarch 24th, 2106 The carefully managed outbreaks of magical realism are what I like best about J J…
Damnificados in World Literature Today
By Yang JingWorld Literature Today It is said that historians provide accuracy while artists provide truth, which can be best…
Damnificados: A Magical Realist Manifesto for the Poor
by Dave SewellSocialist Worker Debut novelist JJ Amaworo Wilson’s magical realist fable celebrates the ingenuity, tenacity and resistance of slum-dwellers.…
Damnificados in Le Monde
by Gladys MarivatLe MondeJanuary 2019 “Extraordinary … Damnificados disorients the reader by invoking biblical, mythological, epic and real-life tales in…