Hasta no verte Jesús mío (Spanish Edition)
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Una lectura tranquila y fluida. Con estas entrevistas dice la escritora- " X Premio Alfaguara de Novela Ni el tiempo ni el desierto pueden frenar al amor. La piel del cielo Premio Alfaguara de novela: She is very poor and doesn't settle down anywhere for long, so the book skips around quite a bit.
This made it hard to read-- it didn't hold together very well for me, and I skimmed through some of it, and e Here's To You, Jesusa! This made it hard to read-- it didn't hold together very well for me, and I skimmed through some of it, and eventually stopped reading with 70 pages left. I understand that Poniatowska was trying to capture an authentic poor Mexican woman's voice, but I would have like a bit more self examination into how all these events shaped the woman Jesusa was.
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For example, the death of her mother when she was young, her father inability to stay in one place for long, an abusive step-mother. It's all descriptive, but not much more. The book starts out with a forward by the middle class woman who supposedly finds Jesusa somehow and then spends years interviewing her and learning her story, and who then writes a book about her life.
I loved this part and would have liked to see more interplay between the "author" voice and Jesusa. Another book about a crabby Latin American woman who made poor decisions in every stage of her life - what's inspiring about that kind of story? The period details are the only redeeming factor about the book.
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Hugo Gonzalez rated it did not like it May 07, Gabriel Quintero rated it did not like it Aug 18, Alvaro rated it did not like it Nov 06, Her father was French of Polish ancestry and her mother a Mexican who was raised in France. She grew up speaking French and learned English in a private British school.
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However, her knowledge of Spanish came from talking with the maids, so her written Spanish was largely colloquial. Poniatowska developed ties with the Mexican lower class in her youth and thus gained a sense of belonging to and an understanding of the Mexican culture. She felt and thought of herself as completely Mexican and of Spanish as her native language.
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Her works include characters who belong to the underprivileged classes, and she often gave voice to the powerless of her country. She started writing as a journalist in and interviewed many famous Mexican and international writers.
Besides her famous interviews, she also wrote several novels, short stories, chronicles, plays, and poems. The Voices of the Earthquake. Ponistowska's skill as a novelist was her ability to combine fact with fiction.
Hasta No Verte: Jesus Mio by Elena Poniatowska (1 star ratings)
She lent her voice to the voiceless, but at the same time she took a step back and let the victims come forward to express their needs and pain, letting the Mexican people speak through her. Many of her female characters are at the mercy of men. Their lives are ruled by a world made up of double standards.
They try to do the right thing, but in the end they lose the men they loved and for whom they sacrificed.
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It is clear then that these women are never really appreciated. Poniatowska had a great affinity with women and liked to write about them. But she also was interested in the poor, the weak, the street children, and the powerless.