Lazos de sangre by Rosario Ferré

Lazos de sangre Reviews

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  Carmen Pérez

  These six short novellas within a novel describe the life of Rose Monroig, from her childhood to the point at which she becomes a writer. Throughout her life, we vividly see the discrimination of women during the 20th century in Puerto Rico. Ferré revolves around the extended family of Rose (Monroig, Arizmendi, and Portalatini) and exposes much about gender, race, politics, religion, society, and social class. The author skillfully navigates through encounters and missed encounters, between belief and instinct. I give it 4 stars out of 5.
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  Maureen

  Lazos de sangre es una colección de cuatro novelas cortas interrelacionadas sobre primas puertorriqueñas que tienen que enfrentarse a la vida en un mundo cambiante. Si quieren una educación y una carrera, o un buen hombre y una familia, o si pueden tener ambas cosas. Las vemos sufrir y luchar, las vemos amar y perder, vemos celos, rivalidad, muerte e incluso asesinato. Otra vez, Rosario Ferré ha escrito un libro encantador sobre la vida de las mujeres en Puerto Rico en la década de 1900.
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  Inés ramirez

  Me gustaton las tres histories pero la que más me impresiono fue la de Sara. Que trizte que nunca vivió para ella misma, siempre estaba complaciendo a un hombre.
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  Carolyn Kost

  This collection of six short novellas by celebrated Puerto Rican author Ferré revolves around the extended family of Rose Monroig Arizmendi and reveals much about gender, race, and class in Puerto Rican culture, Boricua identity, and the island's singular relationship with the mainland. The first half of the novellas deals with the Arizmendis: "Irene's betrayal" acquaints the reader with the clan and the island setting and foreshadows much of what is to come; "Angela's flight" relates the story of a beauty married to an unfaithful mama's boy; and in "Julia's penumbras," Rose's family becomes embroiled in the island's political struggles. In the second half, treating the Monroigs, Marta, "La patagona" studies in New York and discovers the advantages of being an athlete with large feet, and Cata comes to terms with her lover's marriage after overindulging in "Champagne in the chicken coop." The final story, "Tiger by the tail," which occupies the final hundred pages, is an unexpected tale of intrigue. The casual reader will delight in the loves and losses, and the more analytical reader will be engrossed by the broader themes. Ferré's stature in letters demands that this be an essential purchase for academic and public libraries and bookstores with Puerto Rican populations or women's literature collections.
  
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  PurpleFille

  Honestamente, no pude terminar este libro. Diálogos forzados, narraciones forzadas. Se siente algo arcaico. Es como leer un diario de chismes familiares. La segunda parte hace sentir un deja vu que de repente me hizo sentir engañada. Al menos estas son mis primeras impresiones.
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  Jackier

  Great book!!