Top tags: fiction, magical realism, latin america, historical fiction, isabel allende (all tags)
“This is a great book, but a difficult subject -- troubling but also inspiring. It would be easy to dismiss the worst of the tragedies with the lightheartedness of the spirit world, but these things really happened, that's the hard part. Yet the author puts an uplifting turn to it, an appreciation for the fullness of living, the good with the bad, the magical with the mundane. All in all it's a book about carrying on, but I wouldn't recommend it to the faint of heart.”
“for one, this is allende's version of steven javellana's 'without seeing the dawn'. I love how symbolism worked in the entire read. After reading, Iit left me thinking on the reality of the surreal images which held us captivated. The reader would be left with the notion to either believe in the 'spirits' or believe in the 'real spirits'-- pangs of political struggle, the quest for the ideal. It leaves us with the thought of the macrocosmic problem and torments us with the eccentricities of our own personal struggles. It's a very lovely book. Until this time, my emotions are attached to it. The characters are round, I must say. They seem like your neighbors.”
“I found the novel dosen't bad as like as the movie”
“The book reveals that maybe Rural settings and values are the same globally ? Any feedback ? ”
“Are you into mysticism? What's the book about?”