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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Fascinating and witty story of power, love, and loss Dom Victor Sobrevilla is an engineer in the 1950’s in Peru. As a child with his aunt, he receives a prediction: “There are those who think you are a dreamer…the more a man sees, the less he will know…Let go, and gain the world. Victor keeps this tattered piece of paper his entire life. Leaving the civilized coast of Peru with his family, he heads into the interior of Peru and establishes a paper factory using the materials of the jungle and the men of the jungle as workers. His wife, Marianna, plays the part of the loyal wife whose family comes first. Oldest daughter Graciela marries a lout but has two beautiful children. Middle daughter Belin’s life is tied to books, and son Jaime marries an heiress of a sugar magnate who lives in a fantasy world but finds love with a Peruvian native. Victor’s paper mill is very successful but he is always inventing and learns to make cellophane. Then the world changes. First there is the plague of the tongues in which everyone speaks the truth and long lost secrets come to the surface. Next there is a plague of the heart when sexual tensions run high and finally the plague of revolution as the workers in the factory turn against Victor. This is a fascinating blend of Catholicism, primitive shamans, wealth, poverty, love, sexual antics, strange characters, and a setting far from civilization. As a lover of realistic fiction, I normally prefer it without the magic, but the magic is pure delight in this beautifully told tale of a man who finally learns to let go. I enjoyed Arana's approach to storytelling; she would present a situation, and write about how the situation is explained or interpreted by various characters, all of which have divergent worldviews. The Catholic priest would interpret an event in light of his religious beliefs, the curandero in light of his religious beliefs, and Don Victor (who believes in both) would explain it according to where his opinions leaned that day. Arana has created a very rich cast of characters, and allowed each of them to speak their piece--which suggests something interesting about the country of Peru itself and its own diverse populations. I also appreciated how all characters had the opportunity for a renewal of love--even if that love did not subscribe to the character's integrity, morality, or fit with their lives as they led them. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Don Victor Sobrevilla, a lovable, eccentric engineer, always dreamed of founding a paper factory in the heart of the Peruvian rain forest, and at the opening of this miraculous novel his dream has come true--until he discovers the recipe for cellophane. In a life already filled with signs and portents, the family dog suddenly begins to cough strangely. A wild little boy turns azurite blue. All at once Don Victor is overwhelmed by memories of his erotic past; his prim wife, Doña Mariana, reveals the shocking truth about her origins; the three Sobrevilla children turn their love lives upside down; the family priest blurts out a long-held secret.... A hilarious plague of truth has descended on the once well-behaved Sobrevillas, only the beginning of this brilliantly realized, generous-hearted novel. Marie Arana's style, originality, and trenchant wit will establish her as one of the most audacious talents in fiction today and Cellophane as one of the most evocative and spirited novels of the year. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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This is a very Latin book with curanderos, tribal wars, jungles, and military juntas. Arana’s magical realism includes visually stunning imagery.
UPDATE, July 2009 - Our book club found much to discuss in this charming, vividly written, humorous fable. I like it just as well (if not more) on this second reading as I did when I first picked it up 3 years ago. ( )