Cristina López Barrio
Hardcover | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.57 | 1107 Users | 154 Reviews
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| Title | : | The House of Impossible Loves |
| Author | : | Cristina López Barrio |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | June 4th 2013 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (first published January 1st 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Magical Realism. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Cultural. Spain |
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An "exuberant" (El Mundo) debut novel about a family of cursed women in the tradition of Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate.The Laguna women suffer from an odd affliction: each generation is condemned to tragic love affairs and to only give birth to girls who are unable to escape the cruel fate of their mothers. One fateful hunting season in their small Castilian town, a young landowner arrives and begins a passionate affair with Clara Laguna, the latest in the family line, daughter of a one-eyed woman known as "the Laguna witch." He leaves her pregnant with yet another daughter, but the seeds of change are sown. Eventually the long-awaited son — Santiago, the great-great grandson of Clara — is born. A window of hope is opened, but is the curse truly over?
Full of memorable, offbeat characters, from a bearded, mute female cook to the local do-gooding priest to the Laguna women themselves, The House of Impossible Loves is a feat of imaginative storytelling that marks the arrival of a talented new novelist.
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| Original Title: | La casa de los amores imposibles |
| ISBN: | 0547661193 (ISBN13: 9780547661193) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Spain |
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Ratings: 3.57 From 1107 Users | 154 ReviewsNotice Epithetical Books The House of Impossible Loves
I loved the characters and the settings. So realistic and lifelike. You can tell the author knew exactly what she was writing about. My only problem with this book is that it lags in some places. It just doesn't keep you engaged 100%...but only like 90%. That's why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. But I'd still recommend it to others.This book was originally written in Spanish, and it seems it has only been translated to Polish for now, so no, it isn't available in English. Yet, when it comes out, I really, really recommend readers who loved beautifully woven books to buy it, read it and cherish it.In Spanish; "The house of impossible love", and in Polish; "The Garden of Everlasting Spring", is the kind of book that one needs to enjoy bits by bits, for the fear of finishing it too quickly is atrocious. Personally, I enjoyed
4.5 starsWoah, this book was Weird (with a capital "W"), but SO good! I'd like to visit Scarlet Manor's garden, but at the same time I'd be a little wary. I absolutely love the author's writing. It's so vivid and paints such an interesting picture. Though her characters were incredibly unique, I connected with a lot of them and I really cared what happened to them.I love magical realism, and this book has a ton of that, so that was a wonderful treat. I highly recommend this one!
The House of Impossible Loves follows the Laguna family through four generations. The women of this family are cursed with tragic love affairs that end up in the birth of another girl, so the curse perpetuates itself. Will any of them be capable of breaking it? I like magical realism, and this novel is full of it. But it is a very particular brand of magical realism: it has a very Castillian taste about it. Cristina López Barrios has an excellent prose, albeit too florid at times, and it is one
This is a beautifully written book full of evocative images - no, not just images, but tastes, smells, feelings, all the senses. I loved a story of powerful, weird women finding their way in the world. There are male characters, but with one exception they are foils for the women who determine what is to happen. The story of Latinx women across generations consistently reminded by of Isabel Allende's House of Spirits and some other Latin magical realist novels, though when I mentioned that to my
This book was originally written in Spanish, and it seems it has only been translated to Polish for now, so no, it isn't available in English. Yet, when it comes out, I really, really recommend readers who loved beautifully woven books to buy it, read it and cherish it.In Spanish; "The house of impossible love", and in Polish; "The Garden of Everlasting Spring", is the kind of book that one needs to enjoy bits by bits, for the fear of finishing it too quickly is atrocious. Personally, I enjoyed
Christina Lopez Barrio has written an odd, trans-generational tale of a family of women, all of whom are the only children of unmarried mothers. This family, the Lagunas, thinks that they are cursed and that this magic is a part of their lives. (The matriarch of the family is a one-eyed witch). Reading this story was like watching a long running, bizarre, Spanish soap opera. Betrayal seems to be a part of the landscape and the reader is led through lots of twists and turns. There is no doubt
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