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Cover of The People of Paper

The People of Paper

Salvador Plascencia (2005)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages245 (Quick Read (<250))
SettingModern/Urban
CSM age18+
Goodreads4.07/5 (5478)
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

HeartbreakEmotional AbuseSelf-Harm

Positive tags

Self-DiscoveryHealing ArcHigh Angst

Protagonist archetypes

Multiple POVsUnreliable Narrator

Tropes

Unreliable NarratorNon-Western Setting

Themes

Heartbreak and RecoveryMemory and ForgettingMetafictionImmigration and IdentityGriefLove and LossNarrative as Defense

Synopsis

Part memoir, part lies, this imaginative tale is a story about loving a woman made of paper, about the wounds made by first love and sharp objects.

Tags

Literary FictionExperimental FictionMetafictionLatino/Latinx Fiction