Monkey Hunting by Cristina Garcia
Norida has chosen Monkey Hunting by Christina Garcia. We haven't picked a date yet.
You can purchase the book at Amazon.com for about $11.00.
Review:
From Booklist
Garcia, of Dreaming in Cuban (1992) and The Aguero Sisters (1997) renown, writes pristinely lyrical and enchanting prose, and creates powerfully alluring characters, delectable qualities she takes to new heights in this many-faceted tale about an extended Chinese Cuban family. The novel begins in China in 1857 when Chen Pan is tricked into indentured servitude and shipped to Cuba where he is sold as a slave and put to work cutting sugar cane. Strong and resilient, he eventually escapes and becomes a successful and upright Havana businessman who gallantly liberates a mulatto slave, Lucrecia, and her infant son. In between passages devoted to Chen Pan and Lucrecia, who eventually become lovers, Garcia travels back to China to tell the harrowing tale of Chen Fang--an unwanted third daughter disguised as a son in her youth and deprived of everything she holds dear as an adult once the communists come to power--then moves on to 1960s Vietnam, where Domingo, the son of a Chinese Cuban herbalist, barely survives the war. Gorgeously detailed and entrancingly told, erotic, mystical, and wise, Garcia's bittersweet saga of a family of remarkable individuals spans a century of displacement, war, and sacrifice, and a world of forbearance and love. Donna Seaman
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3 comments:
I just finished and am ready to comment but I don't want to ruin the end for anyone.
was it good?
I am pretty disappointed, I think the premise was really good. This book in theory has everything I like in a book. I just wish she had taken the time to write it! If she had wanted to tell a story about this many people's lives the book should have been a lot longer. If she (or her publisher) wanted a shorter book, she should have just focused on one character. As it stands, about half-way through the book, I started losing interest and haven't thought about the characters (most of whom where really interesting) since I put the book down. So, I give the book a thumbs down, but not the author.
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