Béa Gonzalez
Auteur de The Mapmaker's Opera
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Béa Gonzalez
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Gonzalez, Béa
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Spain (birth)
Canada - Études
- King's College London
- Organisations
- Ontario Great Books Council
Membres
Critiques
The Mapmaker's Opera par Béa Gonzalez
Bea Gonzalez has created a lyrical historical novel by using an operatic structure to reveal the story of a Spanish immigrant finding his life's work among the birds of the Yucatan Peninsula. Long enthralled by the work of James Audubon, Diego Clemente finds work with an American naturalist working to catalog the birds of the Yucatan. Gonzalez provides rich historical detail about the henequen plantations and the social injustices of the colonial system. As Diego catalogs and draws birds, he falls in love with a local landowner's daughter who is trying diligently to dissuade another suitor. Caste and gender constraints are an essential part of the novel, but read this to soak up the history and the beautiful writing.… (plus d'informations)
This was a beautifully told story about birds, love and people on the eve of revolution. I liked the opera theme throughout as characters entered the scene from stage right or left.
The book uses opera as a device to tell the story of 2 bird lovers. Diego, the bastard son of a Spanish noble, is drawn to birds after he sees an amazing book in his step-father's bookshop. This is the start of a journey that will take him all the way to pre-Revolution Mexico, a country on the brink. There he meets his counterpart, the soprano, a girl who is not interested in the superficial men that are trying to court her. There love of birds draws them closer. Well-written, enjoyable read.
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 126
- Popularité
- #159,216
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 15
- Langues
- 3
- Favoris
- 1