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Sinossi
Tutto il vasto e intricato clan guidato da Miguel Angel de La Cruz, detto Big Angel, è stato invitato a un grande party per il suo compleanno. Peccato che la madre di Big Angel, Mamá América, abbia deciso di morire proprio quella settimana. Così, la festa e la veglia, la celebrazione e il commiato finiscono per confondersi. Tra gli ospiti giunti dal barrio e da mezzo paese, c'è anche il fratellastro di Miguel Angel, Little Angel. Figlio di una yankee, troppo messicano per i bianchi e troppo americano per i suoi parenti, è deciso a capire finalmente qual è il suo posto nel mondo. Una famiglia chicana con le sue gioie, i suoi lutti, gli scontri e gli amori.
- ISBN: 8806242768
- Casa Editrice: Einaudi
- Pagine: 360
- Data di uscita: 25-02-2020
Recensioni
"The entire history of his family, the world itself, the solar system and galaxy, swirled around him now in weird silence, and he felt blood dribbled down inside his body and the clock, the clock, chipped away at his existence." 4.5 stars Big Angel (Miguel Angel De La Cruz) has invited his family to h Leggi tutto
5 epic family saga stars to The House of Broken Angels! 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 I have found a new author to love. Luis Alberto Urrea is a storyteller, and that is the highest compliment I can give any author. Big Angel de la Cruz is the patriarch of his family, and he is dying. The book opens with him having to Leggi tutto
Marlin Brando move over - there is a new Godfather in town, the Mexican, Big Angel. Which is an ironic name as he is crippled with cancer and no longer the strong, mammoth man he was. This is the dying of a patriarch, who is getting ready to celebrate his last birthday. The very same weekend turns in Leggi tutto
In 2018 I began to re-read novels with frequency and zeal. I'm not talking about re-reading Shakespeare plays and Jane Austen novels and new translations of The Iliad and all the other stuff we all agree is worth re-reading, if and when we have the time. I'm talking about turning around and re-readi Leggi tutto
Miguel Angel de La Cruz (Big Angel) relishes what time he has left as the partriarch of a large family now concentrated on the California side of the border. The main story takes place during a particularly dramatic window starting with his mother’s funeral, followed the next day by what he knew wou Leggi tutto
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