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Family Lore \ Sabiduria familiar (Spanish edition)

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Elizabeth Acevedo, ganadora del National Book Award, regresa con su primera novela para un pblico adulto: una magnfica oda a la sabidura del linaje femenino con un toque de fantasa caribea

Por la sangre de las mujeres Marte corre una magia que les concede dones especiales. Creciendo en Repblica Dominicana, y luego al migrar a Nueva York, las hermanas Flor, Matilde, Pastora y Camila aprendieron a valerse de ellos, y de la fuerza de su vnculo, para protegerse de las hostilidades del mundo. Pero tambin, a callarse sus deseos, temores y anhelos ms profundos. Por eso, cuando Flor anuncia que va a celebrar un velorio en vida, el matriarcado se conmociona: su don es predecir la muerte, pero ella se niega a admitir si ha llegado su hora. O la de alguien ms.

Sabidura familiar sigue a las Marte a travs de este perodo liminal, mientras se preparan para el velorio de Flor y lo que vendr despus. Con excepcional maestra, y su inconfundible y deslumbrante voz potica, Elizabeth Acevedo teje la epopeya de las Marte: una familia sinigual que, como cualquier otra, deber romper el conjuro del silencio para empezar a escribir su futuro.

«Un relato laberntico en torno a la sororidad y el caos del amor... Sabidura familiar, despus de todo, no trata acerca de prepararse para la muerte, sino de deleitarse en la oportunidad de vivir». NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW


From bestselling, National Book Awardwinning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes her first novel for adults, a magnificent ode to the wisdom of the female lineage with a touch of Caribbean fantasy.

In the blood of the Marte women runs a magic that bestows upon them special gifts. Growing up in the Dominican Republic, and later migrating to New York, sisters Flor, Matilde, Pastora, and Camila learned to harness these gifts and the strength of their bond to protect themselves from the hostilities of the world. But they also learned to keep their deepest desires, fears, and longings to themselves. When Flor announces that she's going to hold a living wake, the matriarchy is shaken: her gift is predicting death, but she refuses to admit if her time has come. Or someone else's.

Family Lore follows the Marte women through this liminal period as they prepare for Flor's wake and what will come after. With exceptional mastery and her inimitable and incandescent poetic voice, Elizabeth Acevedo weaves an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and niecesthe journey of a unique family that, like any other, must break the spell of silence to begin writing their future.

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HarperCollins Espanol
0063207311 / 9780063207318
Paperback
14/11/2023
432 pages
135 x 203 mm, 313 grams