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Vecindarios excéntricos
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Vecindarios excéntricos Paperback - 1998

by Rosario Ferre

"Eccentric Neighborhoods" is nothing if not fertile, so dense with fables, anecdotes, reminiscences and allegories that readers may find themselves wishing for machetes to cut away the fictional undergrowth.


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Una obra pica sobre los linajes de dos familias, escrita por la autora de La casa de la laguna. "Mam naci en Guayams el 6 de enero de 1901. Mi abuelo, Alvaro Rivas de Santillana, estaba convencido de que los Reyes Magos se la haban trado como obsequio, pero abuela Valeria deca que Clarissa haba nacido por culpa de las lluvias." As comienza uno de los muchos cuentos de Vecindarios Excntricos, donde las historias de hombres y mujeres cuyos amores y prdidas coincidieron con la desaparicin de la sociedad colonial de la isla y con el nacimiento de una clase de nuevos ricos, se despliegan en un abanico de relatos esplndidos. Los personages de Ferr saltan fuera de la pgina con tal fuerza que rayan casi en lo mitolgico, acompaados por sueos y sucesos. Un abuelo carioso, decidido a enlazar a su nieta con un miembro de la aristocracia francesa, sella su destino trgico al celebrar su cotilln en el palacio de Versalles; una solterona se propone seducir al hombre ms rico de Guayams, rezndole a la vez a Jesucristo y al Departamento de Hacienda para que lo exima de los impuestos. Los relatos de Ferr son a la vez divertidos y tristes, conmovedores y sensuales. Pertenecen a una larga y distinguida tradicin de narrativa hispanoamericana. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A "colorful family saga" set against the dramatic historical backdrop of twentieth-century Puerto Rico, from an author nominated for the National Book Award (Kirkus Reviews). Elvira Vernet narrates Eccentric Neighborhoods as she attempts to solve the mystery of who her parents truly are. Her mother, the beautiful and aristocratic Clarissa Rivas de Santillana, was born into a rarefied world of privilege, one of five daughters on the family's sugar plantation. Elvira's father, Aurelio Vernet, and his three brothers and two sisters were raised by Santiago, a Cuban immigrant who ruled his family with an iron hand. As Puerto Rico struggles for independence--and Aurelio takes his place among the powerful political gentry--a legacy of violence, infidelity, faith, and sacrifice is born. Set against the backdrop of a country coming of age, Eccentric Neighborhoods is a lush, transcendent novel, a family saga about mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, parents and children. In this magnificent follow-up to The House on the Lagoon, Rosario Ferr delivers a work of historical fiction influenced by magical realism and infused with forgiveness and love.

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Una obra epica sobre los linajes de dos familias, escrita por la autora de La casa de la laguna.
"Mama nacii en Guayames el 6 de enero de 1901. Mi abuelo, Alvaro Rivas de Santillana, estaba convencido de que los Reyes Magos se la habian traido como obsequio, pero abuela Valeria decia que Clarissa habia nacido por culpa de las lluvias." Asi comienza uno de los muchos cuentos de Vecindarios Excentricos, donde las historias de hombres y mujeres cuyos amores y perdidas coincidieron con la desapariciin de la sociedad colonial de la isla y con el nacimiento de una clase de nuevos ricos, se despliegan en un abanico de relatos esplendidos. Los personages de Ferre saltan fuera de la pagina con tal fuerza que rayan casi en lo mitoligico, acompanados por suenos y sucesos. Un abuelo carinoso, decidido a enlazar a su nieta con un miembro de la aristocracia francesa, sella su destino tragico al celebrar su cotillin en el palacio de Versalles; una solterona se propone seducir al hombre mas rico de Guayames, rezandole a la vez a Jesucristo y al Departamento de Hacienda para que lo exima de los impuestos. Los relatos de Ferre son a la vez divertidos y tristes, conmovedores y sensuales. Pertenecen a una larga y distinguida tradiciin de narrativa hispanoamericana.

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  • Title Vecindarios excéntricos
  • Author Rosario Ferre
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1. ed. de Vintag
  • Pages 408
  • Language SP
  • Publisher Vintage, New York
  • Date December 29, 1998
  • Features Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780375703706
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Caribbean
    • Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine

Media reviews

"Una narradora estupenda." --Library Journal
  
"La prosa de Ferré es incandescente . . . Dramatiza la verdad de las historias que nos narramos, y que siempre estan enraizadas en un pasado familiar común." --People
  
"Narrativa fértil, llena de fábulas, anécedotas, recuerdos y alegorías . . . Los romances, las traiciones, y las ambiciónes se van acumulando sin detenerse a respirar." --Time

"Una de las más dotadas novelistas de Latinoamérica." --Washington Post Book World

Citations

  • Booklist, 05/01/1999, Page 1583
  • Library Journal, 07/01/1999, Page 0
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