Natalia Sylvester
Autor/a de Everyone Knows You Go Home
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: Author Natalia Sylvester at the 2017 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64030321
Obres de Natalia Sylvester
A Maleta Full of Treasures 1 exemplars
Obres associades
A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home (2020) — Col·laborador — 92 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- female
Membres
Ressenyes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 5
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 374
- Popularitat
- #64,496
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 28
- ISBN
- 29
- Llengües
- 1
This is a magical realism, dual timeline story by Peruvian author Natalia Sylvester, about immigration, adoption and family secrets. The story shifts between 2012 with newly-weds Isabel and Martin in Texas; and 1981 with his parents Omar and Elda making the arduous journey across the Mexican border. The story begins on Martin and Isabel’s wedding day, which falls on dia de los muertos (the Day of the Dead), when Martin’s father Omar appears and speaks to them. Every anniversary he reappears and contacts Isabel, wanting her assistance to mend the fractures in his family, and gain their forgiveness. The past story of what broke the family apart gradually unfolds. Martin’s teenage cousin Eduardo also unexpectedly arrives, and the couple welcome him into their home and try to help him adjust to the massive cultural shift. Eduardo is deeply scarred by what he has been through and continues to suffer the marginalisation and racism put upon immigrants.
This book has an important message about the way immigrants are often treated and the hardships inherent in their journey. On the other hand I did not find Martin and Isabel’s relationship very relatable, and found the yearly ghost meeting not particularly engaging or well fleshed out. Isabel seemed somewhat fixated on the fact that Martin had not shared parts of his childhood with her rather than being conscious of what was happening immediately around them, like major family illness and loss. I used whispersync to move between the kindle version and the excellent audio-narration by Frankie Corzo. For me this was a 3.5 star read.… (més)