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Sto caricando le informazioni... Pig's Foot (2013)di Carlos Acosta
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Engrossing book with a twisted plot ending which is somewhat of a cop out. This is the story of Oscar Mandingo,a fourth generation descendant of the founders of the town of Pata de Puerco and the bearer of a magical pig's foot amulet. All alone, Oscar goes in search of his heritage based on what his grandfather, Benicio Mandinga always told him, "No man knows who he is until he knows his past, his history, the history of his country". Even with the last second plot twist, the story is still engaging. ( ) Rather mediocre Cuban novel By sally tarbox on 21 September 2016 Format: Kindle Edition Picked this as my choice for Cuba in my round-the-world reading challenge. But only managed about 60 pages before deciding life was too short. Narrated by a troubled youth who's been brought up by his grandparents, he describes/ imagines his forebears' life in a remote village called Pig's Foot. This is the era of slavery - and of slaughter of the whites by their oppressed black workers. It's a brutish life that leaves the narrator's black great-grandfather a seriously damaged man. And events unfold and I found I just didn't care. It's all tinged with typical South American magic realism - but this is not to be compared with the superb Garcia Marquez. It's just a bit flat and lacks something. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"Oscar Kortico, great-grandchild of the founders of a small hamlet in the Cuban hinterland, is a sardonic teller of tales--some taller than others--of slavery, revolution, family secrets, love, and identity that span three generations. One day, Oscar wakes to find that he is alone in the world. As the sole descendent of his family line, he is not sure what to do or where to go, but he holds fast to what his grandfather always told him: "No man knows who he is until he knows hispast, the history of his country."As Oscar sets out to find his ancestral village of Pata de Puerco and the meaning of the magical pig's-foot amulet he has inherited, the search for his country's hidden history becomes entangled with the search for the truth about himself.Ambitious in scope, yet intimate in tone, rippling with vitality and driven by passion, full of dark comedy, magical history, and startling revelations, Pig's Foot is a dazzling evocation of Cuba's tumultuous history--a spellbinding and unexpected debut from an author of many talents"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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