Compartiendo con Loida Maritza Pérez
From time to time, a writer bursts on the scene with a compelling novel
of such extraordinary power, maturity and insight that it leaves an indelible
mark. Such is the case with Loida Maritza Pérez, whose luminous
storytelling is both captivating and heartbreaking.
Iliana believed that by attending a college more than five hours from
New York City, she could gain independence and escape the watchful eyes
of her overprotective, reli- giously conservative parents. She soon realizes,
however, that familial bonds are impossible to break, and that barriers
created by time and distance can easily be collapsed. A disembodied voice
that Iliana believes is her mother's haunts her nights with disturbing
news about her sisters: Marina is careening toward a mental breakdown;
Beatriz has disappeared; Rebecca continues in a marriage that has her
and her children trapped in a brownstone also populated by hundreds of
hens. Convinced she might be of help, Iliana reluctantly returns to New
York City. In this dislocating urban environment, far from her native
country, the Dominican Republic, she confronts all the contradictions,
superstitions, joys, and pains of someone who is caught between two cultures
but intent on finding "home."
Narrated in electrifying prose and inhabited by characters who are as
boldly imaginative as they are completely believable, Geographies of Home
is a stunningly original debut from a major new literary talent.
"Geographies of Home is a powerful, haunting
novel. Loida Martiza Pérez
is a fierce and talented storyteller who does not flinch when addressing
the heart of darkness at the center of the American dream."
- Julia Alvarez, author of How the García
Girls Lost Their Accents and
In the Time of the Butterflies
"Geographies of Home plunges the reader into
the nightmare of migration
where the story of the Caribbean family is told in every gut-wrenching
detail, and where the odds of surviving in America take a toll on the
human
heart."
- Maryse Condé, author of Segú and
Crossing the Mangrove
"Loida Martiza Pérez is a bold and
graceful novelist. She uses her magnificent
narrative powers to shed light on the darkest and most glorious aspects
of
family, migration, kinship, passion, death, and the human heart.
Geographies of Home will leave you feeling both amazingly breathless and
wonderfully redeemed."
- Edwidge Danticat, author of Breath, Eyes, Memory
and The Farming Bones
|
