Jean-Claude Carrière

La controverse de Valladolid

Abigaël Chevillard 

That book was pretty interesting but it could've been better.

The parts where the author explains the context are very slow and boring.
It felt like I was reading a history textbook, therefore, that beginning annoyed me a bit.
Also even though I liked the idea to put all the characters together, in spite of history, pretty interesting, I couldn't really get into the story.

However, that book learned me a lot about this historical argument. It was pretty interesting to see how people perceived strangers at this time. It even was sometimes cruel when they were "testing" Native Americans to see if they were human or just as human as them and not less, closer to the animal than to them.

So I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about that historical event but not as entertainment.

La controverse de Valladolid

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