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The House of Impossible Loves (edizione 2013)

di Cristina Lopez Barrio

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"The Laguna women suffer from an odd affliction: each generation is condemned to tragic love affairs and to give birth only to girls who are unable to escape the cruel fate of their mothers. One fateful hunting season in their small Castilian town, a young landowner arrives and begins a passionate affair with Clara Laguna, the latest in the family line, daughter of a one-eyed woman known as the Laguna witch.He leaves her pregnant with yet another daughter, but the seeds of change are sown. Eventually the long-awaited son--Santiago, the great-great grandson of Clara--is born. A window of hope is opened, but is the curse truly over? Introducing a cast of memorable, eccentric characters, from a bearded, mute female cook to the local do-gooding priest and the indelible Laguna women themselves, The house of impossible loves is a feat of imaginative storytelling that marks the arrival of talented new novelist"--Dust jacket.… (altro)
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Titolo:The House of Impossible Loves
Autori:Cristina Lopez Barrio
Info:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2013), Edition: Tra, Hardcover, 336 pages
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Clara Laguna es una hermosa adolescente de un pueblo castellano de principios del siglo XX. Cuando se enamora perdidamente de un hacendado andaluz, su madre, una hechicera tuerta, la previene de la maldición de las Laguna: están condenadas a sufrir el desamor. Así, el hacendado la abandona tras quedarse embarazada y Clara, ciega de rabia, abre un burdel en la casona roja, a las afueras del pueblo. Allí, da a luz a Manuela, una niña fea y marchita...
  Natt90 | Dec 14, 2022 |
Clara Laguna es una hermosa joven de un pueblo español de finales del siglo XiX. Cuando se enamora de un hombre rico, su madre, una hechicera tuerta, le previene de la maldición de las Laguna: están condenadas a sufrir el desamor y a engendrar niñas que también sufrirán mal de amores.
  varbes | Oct 23, 2021 |
Auf den Frauen der Familie Laguna lastet ein Fluch, der es ihnen unmöglich macht in der Liebe glücklich zu werden. Vielmehr sind sie alle dazu verdammt wegen der Liebe zu leiden und nur uneheliche Mädchen zu gebähren, die den Fluch forttragen. Sollte ein Mann versuchen das Unglück der Frauen zu verhindern, so wird diesen ein tragisches Schicksal ereilen.
Mit dieser Geschichte ist Clara Laguna aufgewachsen. Sie ist dennoch davon überzeugt, dass sie trotz des Fluches mit ihrem Liebsten glücklich werden kann.

Die Geschichte folgt mehreren Generationen an Laguna-Frauen. Die Prämisse des Buches verheißt gute Unterhaltung und der Schreibsstil der Autorin lässt das Buch angenehm "fließen". Auch an der Sprecherin des deutschen Hörbuchs habe ich nichts auszusetzen.

Was mich jedoch bald zu stören angefangen hat, ist die Tatsache, dass so gut wie jede der Protagonistinen absolut unsympathisch war. Nun könnte man das natürlich damit erklären, dass die Damen einfach alle an einem schweren Schicksal zu hadern haben und ihr Charakter sich daraus erklären lässt. Allerdings hätte jede auch ein anderes Leben führen und so einen besseren Charakter entwickeln können. Insofern sind die Damen mir nicht auf eine verständliche, im Rahmen des Plots nachvollziehbare Art unangenehm aufgefallen.

Diese unangenehmen Charaktere haben mich mehrmals dazu verleitet das Hörbuch einfach aufzugeben. Davon hat mich allein die Tatsache abgehalten, dass ich eine noch größere Abneigung dagegen habe ein Buch nicht zu beenden. ( )
  Zurpel | Sep 22, 2013 |
The House of Impossible Loves is a multi-generational tale of magical realism set in Spain. The Laguna women are cursed in love and destined to bear only girls. Despite her mother's warnings, Clara Laguna falls in love with an Andalucian man who loves her but will not marry her; he buys her an estate but then abandons her, and she dedicates her life to revenge, turning the house - the Scarlet Manor - into a brothel.

Clara's daughter, Manuela, tries to become respectable, eradicating all traces of the brothel, but the town will not accept her. Manuela remains obsessed with respectability, hiding her daughter Olvido's beauty from the world; but Olvido too succumbs to the curse, falling in love with Esteban and giving birth to Margarita. Margarita, finally, is the one to break the curse by giving birth to a boy, Santiago, who becomes a storyteller in Madrid; thus, it is only toward the end of the novel that the reader learns the origin of the curse.

The House of Impossible Loves is similar to other Spanish and Latin American magical realist novels in its descriptions of smells; in the way that food and emotion are linked; in the impossible, unseasonable growth of various plants (daisies, honeysuckle, roses, violets, irises). In this literature, metaphor becomes real.

Quotes:

"I'm never going to fall in love." Margarita plunked down on the double bed. "I've decided."
"Well, that's a shame. Besides, you should know by now it's not something you can stop. It just happens and that's that." (Margarita and Olvido, 158)

"A wolf takes one sheep, but the rest still need tending." (Ezequiel Montes to Olvido, 225)

"Love sometimes goes astray when you love too much, but it's always love and it can get back on track again." (Olvido to Santiago, 301)

"During these long years...I came to understand that our true curse was this: to hate one another, to never forget. We spent our lives seeking revenge." (Olvido to Santiago, 301) ( )
  JennyArch | Sep 16, 2013 |
Clara Laguna es una hermosa adolescente de un pueblo castellano de principios del siglo XX. Cuando se enamora perdidamente de un hacendado andaluz, su madre, una hechicera tuerta, la previene de la maldición de las Laguna: están condenadas a sufrir el desamor. Así, el hacendado la abandona tras quedarse embarazada y Clara, ciega de rabia, abre un burdel en la casona roja, a las afueras del pueblo. Allí, da a luz a Manuela, una niña fea y marchita... Una historia mágica y fascinante, llena de pasión, odio, venganza, amor y tragedia, en la línea de las grandes sagas familiares de la literatura. Un original estilo literario en el que el realismo mágico se torna castellano y la escritura derrocha imaginación y poesía en cada frase.
  kika66 | Dec 15, 2010 |
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"The Laguna women suffer from an odd affliction: each generation is condemned to tragic love affairs and to give birth only to girls who are unable to escape the cruel fate of their mothers. One fateful hunting season in their small Castilian town, a young landowner arrives and begins a passionate affair with Clara Laguna, the latest in the family line, daughter of a one-eyed woman known as the Laguna witch.He leaves her pregnant with yet another daughter, but the seeds of change are sown. Eventually the long-awaited son--Santiago, the great-great grandson of Clara--is born. A window of hope is opened, but is the curse truly over? Introducing a cast of memorable, eccentric characters, from a bearded, mute female cook to the local do-gooding priest and the indelible Laguna women themselves, The house of impossible loves is a feat of imaginative storytelling that marks the arrival of talented new novelist"--Dust jacket.

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