So, if I were to read this again, it might be a four-star. It tells the story of people in a small Argentinian village. Almost every chapter is from the perspective of a different character, spanning in time from 1933 to I think 1949 or so. You learn about people through the eyes and voices of others in the town. However, the reason I think I would get more from a re-read is that there are so many people to keep track of and different families and ages and such. One of the characters in the book comments that he doesn't like Dostoevsky because there are so many people who are called different names at different times, which I hope was intentional irony on Puig's part. Overall, it was an interesting structure and a great peek into an area of the world I know nothing about.