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Chargement... Fruit of the Drunken Tree (original 2018; édition 2019)par Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreFruit of the Drunken Tree par Ingrid Rojas Contreras (2018)
   Litsy Awards 2018 (102) » 5 plus Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  streamsong | Feb 13, 2024 |   There were mathematical principles to becoming an American: you had to know one hundred historical facts, and you had to spend five uninterrupted years on North American soil. We memorized the facts, we stayed in place—but when I elevated my feet at night and my head found its pillow I wondered: of what country was I during those hours when my feet were in the air? This wasn’t my most enjoyable read since it deals with a lot of heavy topics and I prefer books as source of escapism, but it was very well written. From the mind of what are essentially children/young teens, it has an almost innocent feel to it. The huge contrast between this and the violent, grown up world creates a jarring contrast. I can’t deny the author’s talent and the book’s emotional impact. (  ) MYvos | Feb 26, 2023 |  ) ninagl | Jan 7, 2023 | The juxtaposition of both families is most interesting. Chula's mom has Indian blood and herself comes from an invasión. She is looked down to in their gated community, while Petrona's family is allegedly of "pure" and even dignified Spanish ancestry and her little sister even has blond hair. Nevertheless, due to their status and wealth, Chula's mom can take Chula and her sister Cassandra out to the US when their dad gets kidnapped, while Petrona doesn't really have where to turn to except her guerrilla boyfriend. Chula's mom tells Petrona's mom at the end: "When there's a tempest, it comes down on all sides equally." It kind of does and it kind of doesn't. The Kite Runner of Colombia - if you liked The Kite Runner, you will like Fruit of the Drunken Tree. I see many parallels, though Fruit of the Drunken Tree is written from the female perspective and gets more stars from me. (  ) dacejav | Dec 30, 2022 | The young girl finds herself working for the family and befriends their young daughter. The family is trying to survive as the world around them falls into warfare with young men who are guerrillas in Escobar’s world. The young girl has her own life to lead as well as she has lost her brothers to guerrillas and lives deep within that world. Her family is always on the brink of being invaded and taken over in their literal shack. The issue is the young girl begins to fall for a guerrilla. Will she bring her reality into the rich family’s world? Great storytelling with snippets of the families’ lives as they inch closer and closer together. There is always tension as you begin to guess what the young girl will do. (  ) Nerdyrev1 | Nov 23, 2022 |
 It’s vividly specific details like these that made me wince in recognition while reading Ingrid Rojas Contreras’s “Fruit of the Drunken Tree,” a beautifully rendered novel of an Escobar-era Colombian childhood. Although this debut novel is inspired by the author’s personal experiences (as noted in an afterword), you don’t need to have grown up in Bogotá to be taken in by Contreras’s simple but memorable prose and absorbing story line......Contreras’s depiction of growing up amid such constant violence provides some of the most arresting passages in the book. ...I’m writing this a few days after Colombia’s recent presidential election, and I can’t help wondering what novels about Colombia 25 years from now will have to say about this current period. I can only hope they’ll be as sensitive and thoughtful as this one. Prix et récompensesListes notables
"When women of color write history, we see the world as we have never seen it before. In Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras honors the lives of girls who witness war. Brava! I was swept up by this story." --SANDRA CISNEROS, author of The House on Mango Street A mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation. When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways. But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose between sacrifice and betrayal. Inspired by the author's own life, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricable coming-of-age stories. In lush prose, Rojas Contreras sheds light on the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The first and younger of the two is Chula. She lives in a relatively safe area of Bogota while her father works for an oil company. Although her home and family seem safe, the stories surrounding her such as a girl ripped apart by a bomb, or a candidate shot down by the opposition bullets in front of herself and her mother belie the safety of their bubble.
When Chula’s mother decides to hire a maid from the lines of people standing on the street seeking work, she picks Petrona, five years older than Chula. She rejoices how cheaply she can hire someone – giving them the equivalent of daily rice and vegetables. Little does she know that Petrona’s family is almost entirely dependent on Petrona’s meager daily wage for support.
Petrona had lived on a moderately prosperous farm with her family, until it was raided by guerillas, her father and oldest brothers killed or kidnapped. Now Petrona and her family live in a shack constructed of what they can find and surrounded by people who support Pablo Escobar and the guerillas in their quest to find more justice for the working poor.
The two opposing economic and political views lead to impossible choices forced on Petrona when Chula’s family becomes their target.
While the girls’ lives have a short time of intersection, ultimately it is their class and circumstances which separate them and determine their fates.
Some of the incidents in the novel reflect Ms. Contreras's childhood experiences in Bogota. I'm sure that contributed to the immediacy and intensity of the novel. (