The Invisible Mountain

Mar 15, 2010 Chrissie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Chrissie by: Lauren Teitelbaum

Shelves: hf, history, bio, kirkus, relationships, uruguay, magic

Yes, I really, really liked it! I just finished. The metaphors are wonderful; they tie all the strands together. That home to this family was Montevideo, that the story took place here, was just perfect. Montevideo means - I see a mountain. But there is no mountain! Only by reading the novel will you understand. What else should I say? This book is about families and about secrets and how secrets eventually can be erased in a family. It is about how within a family, although we have common trait...more Yes, I really, really liked it! I just finished. The metaphors are wonderful; they tie all the strands together. That home to this family was Montevideo, that the story took place here, was just perfect. Montevideo means - I see a mountain. But there is no mountain! Only by reading the novel will you understand. What else should I say? This book is about families and about secrets and how secrets eventually can be erased in a family. It is about how within a family, although we have common traits, we all are born different anyhow. In a family differences are less important than they are in a friendship. Finally, the ending - well it just couldn't have been better. I don't read an entire book just for the ending, but when the ending is so well sculpted as it is in this novel, the whole book ends with a glorious dazzle. I had a hard time with the section on Salomé, as many other readers have noted, but stick it out, you will not be disappointed.

I am adding this - you DO learn about Uruguayan political history around the middle of the 1900s and a bit about Ché Guevara and Peron too.

Through page 408: I adore the metaphor of the haircut - snip, snip, snipping away of the old and damaged. As a new person, lightened of the burden of the past, is it possible to take a step into a new life?

hrough page 232: OK, when I make a mistake I will gladly admit it. First of all we are still getting more info about Peron, and this I like. Secondly, and more importantly, there is happiness in Eva's life. Maybe the author wanted the readers to go crazy needing some happiness first. Then you appreciate it. Here follows a quote: "Autumn approached, with its cool winds and early showers. The season seemed enchanted. Eva could walk down the street- one child hand in each of hers - and be struck by a fierce and sudden gale of happiness. It made her want to skip and run and kick up puddle water and pursue the sensuous crunch of brown leaves beneath her boot. So much opulent sensation on one sidewalk. 'Salomé, you get that one!' Small galoshes crushed a leaf, another, and two giggles(a three-year-old's, her mother's) mixed with the crackling sound. 'Roberto? How about you?' A head shook, a wool cap swung its pom pom, made by his abuelita. How did he get so very tall? and how so solemn? Many splashed puddles it took, to make him smile, but it was worth it for the dawn-break way it came." Roberto is Eva's son and and Salomé her daughter. I like that the author understands it doesn't have to be BIG, IMPORTANT things that make one happy! Books that have no happiness drive me crazy. I feel like telling the author and the characters - open your eyes for heavens sake!

Through page 216: I am disappointed at how little the history of Uruguay and Argentina is drawn into the novel. Yes, it is there, but not alot! Evita Peron appears, but you get very, very little. Too bad! The second part of the book is about Eva, Pajarita's daughter, and the third will be about Salomé, Eva's daughter. It seems to me that the author has chosen to depict lifestyles that get progressively worse. What, is there no happiness in Eva's life? Of course not, but the author has chosen to show very little. I do not like it when author's send out a clear message or moral statement. Hej leave it to us the readers to choose what we belive! I would prefer if some happiness were included b/c everybody has life with some happiness even if sometimes we have to really search for it. That is just my opinion of course.

Through page 128: The writing is beyond marvelous. Magical realism at its best. Pajarita's three young sons, Bruno, Marcus and Thomas are inseperable soccer players, so when their mom calls them it becomes simply brunomarcusthomas. They are brunomarcusthomas.... Maybe you have to read this to understand, but I love the idea of one word for the three. I had thought to quote some text but now what is so gripping is what is happening in the family. The story is about Pajarita's daughter, Eva. You will cry for Eva. Why? Read the book! Kids - what they blame themselves for! Enough to make me want to kick somebody!

Through chapter 1, page 47 only, and I love it! Why - because of the author's way of expressing herself! The style is clearly magical realism. Descriptions sparkle! The moon casts a light of spilled milk on the floor. How does it feel when you realize you are in love for the first time? Do you remember? "What a strange feeling: dizzy, thrilling - like those times when, as a child, she had spun and spun until she stopped and looked around at a world that whirled before her eyes. All things danced, nothing stayed still." And there is humor - at the village wedding of Ignazio and Pajarita: "An infant howled in satisfaction (she had made terrific toothmarks on a bible)." Lauren thank you! Tara, I do understand why you loved this.

Before opening the book: Oooops again - I do not know what I read last time but I definitely DO like what I test read of the book provided at B&N. Kirkus says the writing is dense and lush and if I quote them: "Miracles, poetry and guerilla fighters march through the 20th century in De Robertis' winning debut, a beautifully wrought novel of Uruguay." I liked the poetic text in the section concerning Eva. Now I have added this to a must list!

So forget the following incorrect sentence - ooops. I did NOT like the text when I checked it! OK, I made a mistake!(less)

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Jun 15, 2012 Holly Weiss rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-fictionistas

Three generations of mothers and daughters, Pajarita, Eva and Salome, are inextricably tied by their fierce independence and their home, Montevideo. Montevideo hints of the book’s title, The Invisible Mountain. The metaphors hidden here are beautifully and tenderly wrought by the author. The women are interlocked with the hope of living fully. The reader won’t understand the title until the ending is reached and then you will want to reread for anything you’ve missed.

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Jan 12, 2013 Paolo Gianoglio rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mi piacerebbe aver il coraggio e la sintesi utilizzate da Fantozzi per recensire il film sulla famosa corazzata russa (questo film è una c.. pazzesca!). Mi limiterò a osservare che da tempo non leggevo un libro così inutile, mal strutturato e mal scritto. Non è sufficiente dichiarare di voler raccontare una storia familiare e di un Paese sposando il punto di vista delle donne, occorre saperlo fare, occorre dare spessore alle storie, occorre dare misura agli sviluppi, agli eventi, ai personaggi....more

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Dec 06, 2012 Kerry Hennigan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Invisible Mountain is a sweeping saga of the women of one family and the struggle for freedom from repressive government regimes in various South American countries.

Set primarily in Uruguay, it follows the fortunes of Pajarita, her daughter Eva and finally Salome. Through their experiences, and those of their husbands and brothers and fellow revolutionaries, we travel the tide of history from 1900 through to the last decades of the twentieth century.

But it is Salome’s story that is most comp...more

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Jul 29, 2012 Melissa Crytzer Fry rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was delectable – delicious words spilling from a poet’s pen. While The Invisible Mountain is worth the read for the sheer beauty of the language alone, it’s also an epic multigenerational story of three incredibly strong women, a story of revolution, political upheaval, love of country, mother-daughter love, love of language and words, survival, hope, a story about the power of story itself (and the power of story to transport and heal).

I confess that I don’t read much historical ficti...more This book was delectable – delicious words spilling from a poet’s pen. While The Invisible Mountain is worth the read for the sheer beauty of the language alone, it’s also an epic multigenerational story of three incredibly strong women, a story of revolution, political upheaval, love of country, mother-daughter love, love of language and words, survival, hope, a story about the power of story itself (and the power of story to transport and heal).

I confess that I don’t read much historical fiction, but this tale of Uruguay and the country’s political upheaval and economic struggle through the 20th century was spellbinding. The personal plights of characters aligned with the country’s struggles, resulting in an emotional, educational read. This story of three women within the same family – Pajarita, Eva, and Salome – is told in separate sections covering each woman’s life struggles, yet the author has artfully woven them into one seamlessly connected tale.

The ending might have been one of the most magical experiences for me – not so much in the journeys and outcome of the story (which I also loved, despite their often sad -- but hopeful -- resolutions), but in the way the author so skillfully encouraged the reader to physically loop back to the beginning of the story.

The story, to me, was a continuum – a loop that began with the life of a matriarch, then curved downward to her daughter’s life, then up again to her granddaughter’s life, ending the spherical trail with the “end” of the matriarch (Pajarita's) own life.

The message of familial female connection – rounded and unending – is portrayed beautifully by DeRobertis : “…her pen moved and moved without her hand seeming to push it, forming the spines and spikes and loops of cursive words, sharp t’s and j’s, y’s and g’s with knots at their base as though to tie themselves together, tie women back together, and as she wrote the loops grew large, as if more rope were needed to bind what had blown apart inside her …”

That the author could so artfully move the reader to physically move in that circle by enticing her to flip back to the beginning of the book when finished with the novel was a physical manifestation of the continuum theme. Brilliant. (And I might add that I enjoyed rereading the beginning, after finishing the end, even more)!

This story will rumble in my mind for days, weeks, months – probably even years – to come. Beautiful.
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May 11, 2011 Hoosier rated it 3 of 5 stars

Carolina de Robertis begins her novelist career with a book about three independent women. She writes The Invisible Mountain in three sections. The first section describes the childhood and early married life of Pajarita. The second story describes the childhood and early adulthood of Eva, Pajarita's daughter. And the third story describes the childhood and early adulthood of Salome, Eva's daughter. The political climate in Uruguay and Argentina shape the paths of these three women.

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Feb 22, 2011 switterbug (Betsey) rated it 5 of 5 stars

In this astonishing and assured debut novel about a lineage of Uruguayan women in Montevideo, covering much of the twentieth century, de Robertis immerses the reader in electrifying and luminous prose. My skin tingled and my eyes watered; the passages melted in my mouth and dissolved on my tongue, making me buoyant, almost weightless. Pardon my gushing, but this is the most lyrical, musky, magical prose I have ever encountered in a freshman novel, and it has easily become one of my desert island...more In this astonishing and assured debut novel about a lineage of Uruguayan women in Montevideo, covering much of the twentieth century, de Robertis immerses the reader in electrifying and luminous prose. My skin tingled and my eyes watered; the passages melted in my mouth and dissolved on my tongue, making me buoyant, almost weightless. Pardon my gushing, but this is the most lyrical, musky, magical prose I have ever encountered in a freshman novel, and it has easily become one of my desert island books.

The characters are so vivid that they surge from the pages and stand before you. They are fiercely alive, vulnerable, sometimes shocking and appalling, entirely human. Near the beginning of the book a myth is revealed about the first day of every century in Uruguay, and recounts what happened in 1800, when succulent, ripe berries appeared at a church altar in the starving town of Tacuarembo'. Next comes the folklore of 1700, about the songs that haunted the air, from one sunrise to the next, disembodied but potent, songs in the vanishing Tupi'-Guarani' language.

The narrative segues seamlessly to 1900, to a tree and a miracle, and our first prominent female character, Pajarita. There is a touch, just a touch of magical realism in this section, which hums with the atmosphere of the time and place. However, this novel isn't couched in the supernatural; rather, de Robertis writes with a penetrating realism that consummately grips you.

From Pajarita, the herbalist, to her daughter, Eva, the poet, and finally to her daughter, Salome', the revolutionary, the reader is transported to an intense and intimate journey of independent women trying to survive in the upheavals of political and familial turmoil. Each woman is distinct, all three of them magnetize the reader. Moreover, most of the secondary characters are fertile and vivid and command the narrative when they are present.

If there is a weakness, it is a minor one. The characters, prose and story are flawless, the dialogue is authentic, and the essence of the story is supremely evocative. It is how they are hinged together overall that sometimes falters. It may be because each woman, subsequent to their individual story, takes a back seat to their next female descendant. Once I was steeped in one woman's life, it was difficult to accept them as background. The author does bring each woman back in to the spotlight now and then, but they are mostly subsumed into the new generation as the focus switches.

Some readers may feel Salome's story drags a bit, as the second half of this woman's story contains as much internal dialogue as actual movement. But, for me, the beautiful texture of the sentences describing her plight was always revelatory.

She also weaves in a controversial subject matter, one that all readers may not be prepared to accept, or at least to accept in this story. There is no way to address it without giving spoilers, so I will refrain from dropping any more information except to say that it is daring and brave. After reading the acknowledgments at the end, I suspect that it may have a basis in the author's personal life. And the following quote is thematic for every event in her story (including the one I referred to).

"But if it was true that everything that disappeared was somewhere, then even those still breathed and glittered, somewhere, in the hidden corners of the world."

Monte. Vide. Eu. I see a mountain. The irony of a flat city with no slopes being named after something that wasn't there--the invisible mountain along the very visible Atlantic Ocean. This novel brims with poetic observations and piercing encounters. The language is polished and iridescent.

"This could be such a wet and heavy world. It could flood a normal night with ruthless rain; could sweep a man away along its currents, and spit him up again on long-lost shores; could seep into your secret soil, even when you wish you wish you wish you could stay dry."

This is a story about mothers and daughters; hope and love; survival in horrifying circumstances; connection and fulfillment. This hypnotizing novel is unforgettable, the enchanting prose indelible, the characters singular. An epic, towering tale.
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Feb 14, 2011 Felice rated it 4 of 5 stars

It would take me months to tell you all that I do not know about Uruguay and since we have neither the time nor the interest let's talk about a novel set in Uruguay instead. It's The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis. The Invisible Mountain is my first experience with Uruguay, fictional or otherwise, and what a nice place to start.

This novel is a multi-generational look at Uruguay (with some side trips to Argentina) across most of the 20th century through the eyes of three women. All t...more It would take me months to tell you all that I do not know about Uruguay and since we have neither the time nor the interest let's talk about a novel set in Uruguay instead. It's The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis. The Invisible Mountain is my first experience with Uruguay, fictional or otherwise, and what a nice place to start.

This novel is a multi-generational look at Uruguay (with some side trips to Argentina) across most of the 20th century through the eyes of three women. All three will face the challenge of surviving with both her individuality and family intact according to the standards of her time. On New Year's Day 1900 there is a miracle in a small town of Tacuaremb in the Uruguayan countryside. The baby that had been missing for a year, Pajarita, flies down from the treetops and into her Grandmother's arms. Years later Pajarita will fall in love at first sight with a mysterious Venetian immigrant with a dark family secret. Their daughter, Eva, a fragile but determined woman will find a way despite incredible odds to follow her dream of being a poet. Eva's daughter, Salome, rejects her Mother's art and becomes an urban guerrilla during the violent unrest of the 1960's questioning everything but her own principles.

Carolina De Robertis has taken the time worn family saga, added a little magic realism, a little real life realism, a whole lot of good writing and created a bold, soulful novel. The writing in The Invisible Mountain is lush but never florid. Most of the males in the novel are devils tarred with the same brush but De Robertis keeps her females more dimensional. These women are each strong in their way but far from perfect. De Robertis has kept Pajarita, Eva and Salome true to their historical era. In doing so De Robertis makes the changing roles of her three women play very nicely against the drastic political changes in Uruguay and Argentina. The Invisible Mountain is a provocative and expressive introduction to Carolina De Robertis and Uruguay.
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May 25, 2010 Zohar - ManOfLaBook.com rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009

The book starts off with a miracle. In the first day of the twentieth century a baby girl, who disappeared from a village after her mother died giving birth to her, was found on top of a tree, that little girl is named Pajarita (Little Bird) and thus the story begins.

The narrative spans 90 years or so, following the lives of Pajarita, her daughter Eva and granddaughter (Eva's daughter) Salomé and follows the women through a personal story which also mirrors the chaotic history of Uruguay throug...more The book starts off with a miracle. In the first day of the twentieth century a baby girl, who disappeared from a village after her mother died giving birth to her, was found on top of a tree, that little girl is named Pajarita (Little Bird) and thus the story begins.

The narrative spans 90 years or so, following the lives of Pajarita, her daughter Eva and granddaughter (Eva's daughter) Salomé and follows the women through a personal story which also mirrors the chaotic history of Uruguay through their own personal struggles.

The book is divided into three sections, each devoted to one of the women. The first section we learn about Pajarita, how she met her husband, an Italian immigrant, and follows him from her small village to Montevideo and builds a life for them.

The second section tells us about Pajarita's daughter, Eva, a poet at heart who was forced to drop out of school at the tender age of 10 and work at a shoe store for a family friend. Eva is abused by the friend and takes matters into her own hands by running away to Buenos Aires where she marries and has children before being chased out of Argentina and returning to Montevideo.

The third section belongs to Salomé, Eva's daughter, who is encouraged to fulfill the education her mother never got. However Salomé becomes involved in the political turmoil of the time and pays a heavy price for her ideals.

The story is not a simple good vs. evil, the characters are flushed out, each has his or hers good side and bad side - shades of gray. The heroines of the story are not depicted as "holier than thou" victims of a cruel life but as normal humans with their own weaknesses, strengths and different sides which take shape throughout their lives.

The narrative is complex and beautifully written, very lyrical, deliberate and effective, the storytelling is masterful and the characters are well drawn out - even the minor character each has their own rich history.

One of the most important characters in the book is not a human, but a country. The author did a masterful job researching Uruguay, its culture and history. Besides enjoying the story I also felt I learned a lot about this South American country and have gotten a good introduction to its history.(less)

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May 19, 2010 Richard Bradley rated it 5 of 5 stars

It's not really she, Carolina De Robertis, today, telling this story of The Invisible Mountain. Full of life, the story tells itself through her. Thus, however, there is no resorting to authority to determine the truth of a thing that is told, should you wonder deeply about it (which you might do, actually). Your problem is it may be as well real and/or unreal at the same time and as well true and/or untrue at the same time. That's just the nature of truth: there are always many different simult...more

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Apr 27, 2010 Jenni rated it 4 of 5 stars

I randomly picked this book up on a recommendation from a friend, and I'm so glad I read it! It's pretty rare that I find a book that keeps me up reading attentively late at night, but this was definitely one of them.

This fits into the many-generations-of-strong-females-struggling-through-hard-times-in-Latin-America genre (à la Soñar en cubano or Como agua para chocolate). I've read many books like this in my studies of Spanish language and culture; however, unlike most of the others, there was...more

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Aug 12, 2009 Tara Chevrestt rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-fiction

This is an excellent debut novel. It addresses so many different family issues in each generation. Namely three generations spanning 90 years. The book is in three parts. Part one is Pajarita, part two is her daughter Eva, and part three is Salome, Pajarita's granddaughter.

Pajarita's tale takes place in Uruguay in the early 1900s. She is a "miracle child" that disappears as a baby and suddenly reappears in a tree much later. When she becomes a young woman, she marries Ignazio, who is a gondola...more This is an excellent debut novel. It addresses so many different family issues in each generation. Namely three generations spanning 90 years. The book is in three parts. Part one is Pajarita, part two is her daughter Eva, and part three is Salome, Pajarita's granddaughter.

Pajarita's tale takes place in Uruguay in the early 1900s. She is a "miracle child" that disappears as a baby and suddenly reappears in a tree much later. When she becomes a young woman, she marries Ignazio, who is a gondola maker from Italy (he has his own unique story, but does not take too much of the book to tell it) now traveling with a carnival. Their whirlwind romance takes them to Montevideo where things start to sour as they deal with financial difficulties, gambling problems, and alcoholism. Pajarita deals with it all, raises her children, supports her family, and throughout the novel, appears to be a shelter in the storm.

Eva's life is a bit more difficult. Her life introduces issues like child labor, child sexual abuse, and mental trauma. Things turn bad for her at home and she runs off to Argentina with a friend. She suffers much heartache before marrying a doctor and beginning a "perfect" life, only to end up exiled from the Peron's country. Eva's story tells a lot of Argentina's politics and the rise and fall of the Peron family, including the much revered Evita. After returning to Monetvideo with her husband and two children in tow, readers are introduced to more issues, including affairs, divorce, and even sex changes.

Salome's story is the worst. It will be noted at this point that each generation has it worse than the last. I enjoyed this part much less than the others as it is mostly about Revolution and politics. Salome gives up school to join an underground revolution and of course, ends up arrested and imprisioned for ten years. I scanned over much of Salome's story. The life she leads in prison is rough and unpleasant, but it was the political details that bored me.

The ending was absolutely stunning. A great debut novel. Would have warranted 5 stars except for the last part. I will be keeping an eye out for more by this author. (less)

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May 13, 2009 Rhlibrary added it

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When author Carolina de Robertis began writing as a child, her parents begged her to put their family stories on paper. Available in August, the result of family oral tradition and lots of listening and research, is her debut novel. The Invisible Mountain is as lush in character, plot and language as the South American landscape in which it is set. More than a narrative of the Firrelli’s, a Uraguayan family with Italian roots that run deep within the Venetian canals, de Robertis’s novel traces t...more

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Apr 14, 2013 Yvonne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, international-setting, set-in-uruguay, around-the-world, women-stories

The writing in this is lovely, lush & lyrical and carefully written. De Robertis also added the little mystical elements that I’ve seen in other South American books. The title of the book ties in with the meaning of Montevideo which is I see a mountain except there’s really no mountains there. It’s clever and smart like when she does a riff on Eva’s brothers and how their names all blend into one single name and what it sounds like when Eva’s mother calls them inside, brunomarcotomás. It al...more The writing in this is lovely, lush & lyrical and carefully written. De Robertis also added the little mystical elements that I’ve seen in other South American books. The title of the book ties in with the meaning of Montevideo which is I see a mountain except there’s really no mountains there. It’s clever and smart like when she does a riff on Eva’s brothers and how their names all blend into one single name and what it sounds like when Eva’s mother calls them inside, brunomarcotomás. It all resonates. But good writing needs a good story and this was an interesting one about the lives of 3 women in Uruguay starting from the turn of the century in 1900 Uruguay.

The story concerns Pajarita, her daughter Eva and Eva’s daughter Salomé. Pajarita is born in 1900 where traditionally miracles happen and this one involves her as a baby girl in a tree. I won’t spoil the story here but it’s one of those mystical elements I referred to earlier. This book is about the lives & struggles of each woman and it’s all intertwined with Uruguayan history. We also get a little about Brazil, Argentina at the time of Evita Peron, Che Guevara , the Cuban revolution and the United States.

The book is divided so that every person gets their own separate story. I think it was a drawback because when you read Pajarita’s story you want to get more but it switches to Eva. And when it does, the characters like Pajarita & her husband are still there but they’re relegated to the background where we can only guess what they’re thinking. The same thing happens with Salomé. I would have preferred if we could have seen things from the other women’s views as well.

Of the three women’s stories, Salomé’s was probably the most interesting because it really brought together the historical aspects like the guerrilla rebel group the Tupamaros, but in some ways it was also the most tedious. There were large spaces of time that we spent in her head and I felt that the book started to drag at that point. That’s when the urge hits you to just skip to the end. It does end in a slightly silly scene that reminded me of the ending in The Art of Fielding.

This is a female centric story. There are fathers, husbands, uncles & brothers but they’re not the main stars here. A lot of the men are portrayed starting off nice but they seem to eventually turn abusive, neglectful & prone to abandoning their family. When Salomé returns after a long time away from her family she doesn’t ask about her father and her father is never mentioned as apparently he was totally indifferent to his daughter's fate. But Pajarita’s brother Artigas is portrayed positively throughout and her husband does mellow into becoming a very good grandparent so there’s a little attempt at balance. There’s also another nice man but he eventually becomes a transsexual woman.

There was enough in this to keep me interested (mostly) throughout. I enjoyed learning something about Uruguay and their history and reading the stories of these three women each strong in their own unique way.
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Aug 07, 2009 Lauren rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Andrea

The Invisible Mountain is an impressive and ambitious debut novel. It tells the story - told in poetic oral history - of three generations of women in a working class family in Uruguay. It is the story of the rise and fall of the fortunes of the three women in conjunction with the rise and fall of Uruguay.

The novel is split into three sections, named after each of the women: Pajarita, Eva, and Salome. The novel captures the voices of each of the women and each section has a different "feel". Ea...more The Invisible Mountain is an impressive and ambitious debut novel. It tells the story - told in poetic oral history - of three generations of women in a working class family in Uruguay. It is the story of the rise and fall of the fortunes of the three women in conjunction with the rise and fall of Uruguay.

The novel is split into three sections, named after each of the women: Pajarita, Eva, and Salome. The novel captures the voices of each of the women and each section has a different "feel". Each section describes the women's trajectories from girlhood to young womanhood to motherhood and describes how the women come to terms with the realities of their lives compared to their youthful aspirations. Uruguayan history and their hopes and dreams for their country are mixed in to these personal histories.

The novel begins with Salome writing a letter to an unknown daughter and abruptly shifts to a magical, Isabel Allende/Gabriel Garcia Marquez-style story set in a small gaucho town in turn of the century Uruguay. The star of this section is Pajarita, who begins life as a nameless baby who disappears, then magically reappears several months later perched high in the branches of a tree. Pajarita grows up in a ranch with cow skull stools and never leaves her village until a traveling circus comes to town. She marries an Italian immigrant, Ignazio Firielli and moves to the growing Montevideo. Her section continues until Eva, her youngest child is a young girl.

The second section is about Pajarita's daughter Eva, beginning when Eva is about 5 years old. Eva is literate, unlike her mother, but her fortunes change drastically when she is drawn out of school to work. This section of the novel is beautiful poetry, capturing Eva's romanticism, hopes, and dreams to the cadence of Carlos Gardel's tangos. You can taste the flavors of Uruguay, and feel the lushness, aspirations, sensuality, and romance of 1930s to 1950s Montevideo and Buenos Aires (we even meet Eva Peron and Ernesto "Che" Guevarra!) in these sections. All the same, the section captures the darkness underlying that period of romance and optimism, in that male dominated society where a woman's virtue is of paramount importance and a man's power almost complete.

The third section is about Salome, Eva's daughter. Salome is an idealist - a Tupamara rebel - who is forced to face the harsh realities of authoritarianism in Uruguay. The Salome sections are poetic, but less poetic compared to Eva, less magical compared to Pajarita - there is no Tango here, no Carlos Gardel, no glamourous cafe, no famous poets, no larger than life revolutionaries. This reflects, I think, the different environment in which she comes of age. Pajarita's youth is a period of national ebullience, reflecting the excitement of a rapidly developing Montevideo at the early part of the century. Eva's youth is a period of transition, an Uruguay where girls still may need to work, but one that is flush with pesos and tango and an unshakeable belief in greatness. Salome's time is one of disillusionment with the state, with imperialism, and a desire for change and hope for a better future that is ultimately crushed by the realities of the cold war.

At several times throughout the book, De Robertis begins a chapter with the words Monte vide eu, which in Portuguese means I see a mountain. The name Montevideo is derived from this phrase, which the author comments is ironic because really, there is no mountain near Montevideo, just a hill. This phrase is symbolic of many things in the novel. It is symbolic of the romanticization of Batlle in the early part of the century and in the belief of the strength of democracy in Uruguay. It turned out that the popular wisdom that Uruguay, unlike its neighbors in Latin America, was safe from dictatorship was wrong. Uruguayan democracy and Batllismo was seen as this giant fixture in the background of national development, this fantastic mountain, but really it was a tiny blip, a hill, misdescribed as a mountain. I think the characters hopes and dreams were also similar to the mythical mountain - Monte Vide Eu - their futures seemed so promising and hopeful, but reality was more modest and disappointing.

The novel is multilayered - one to savor and reflect upon. De Robertis covers many difficult topics, from rape to torture, but her story does not linger on this darkness and dispair in a disturbing fashion, telling just enough for the reader to know what happened, but not describing it in horrifying detail as she could have done. De Robertis is a gifted writer. She captures her characters voices and makes them each so real, so different. She also does a fantastic job of capturing the cadence and rhythm of twentieth century Latin America. This novel is phenomenal. Di Robertis has a promising career ahead of her!

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Aug 04, 2010 James rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Article first published as Book Review: The Invisible Mountain by Carolina de Robertis on Blogcritics.

As Uruguay scythed its way through their World Cup opposition last month, it occurred to me that it’s a country I know very little about.

So, thank heavens for The Invisible Mountain.

It’s a tale of three generations of women and their encounters with pain and passion, poetry and politics.

But it's also the story of a small country making its way in a changing world. Through the characters' eyes,...more Article first published as Book Review: The Invisible Mountain by Carolina de Robertis on Blogcritics.

As Uruguay scythed its way through their World Cup opposition last month, it occurred to me that it’s a country I know very little about.

So, thank heavens for The Invisible Mountain.

It’s a tale of three generations of women and their encounters with pain and passion, poetry and politics.

But it's also the story of a small country making its way in a changing world. Through the characters' eyes, we see a pacific, prosperous, "South American Switzerland" descend into the hands of a brutal military dictatorship. The author skilfully melds fact and fiction as the youngest of the three women joins a guerrilla group called the Tupamaros. Her subsequent imprisonment and torture are among the most affecting sections of the book.

Given her experience of working in a rape crisis centre, it's perhaps unsurprising that the author doesn't show men in the kindest of lights. Abuse, inebriation, infidelity, violence: the full gamut of testosterone-fuelled awfulness is on show. The message is clear: women prosper in spite of, rather than because of, the opposite sex.

But the story also features some of the lighter aspects of a country that even the finest history books might struggle to capture. The capital city, we're told, takes its name from a myopic explorer who first set eyes on its only piece of high ground and proclaimed: "Monte vide eu" - "I see a mountain". Meanwhile, mate (presumably pronounced maah-tay) is the ubiquitous tea-like drink that's as much a feature of this book as coffee is in Stieg Larsson's novels.

The prose throughout the book is poetic, but the author stops short of a flowery style so beloved of romantic novels. Above all, Carolina de Robertis presents herself as a gifted story-teller. The weary reader seeking solace in a good yarn will be in safe hands.

The Invisible Mountain is by far the best book I’ve ever read about Uruguay. The fact that it's the only book I've read about Uruguay shouldn’t take anything away from it. All the rest will have a hard act to follow.(less)

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Jun 01, 2013 Jessica rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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As far as I'm concerned, this is a perfect book. It tells the story of three (or four) generations of the one Uruguayan family, and in particular three women: Pajarita, her daughter Eva, and her daughter Salomé. It's very left-wing, with most of the characters having leftist sympathies of some description (but not, unsurprisingly, wealthy Argentine doctors) and there's representation of transwomen and same-sex attraction.

I guess in large part I loved it because it talks about the struggles of wo...more As far as I'm concerned, this is a perfect book. It tells the story of three (or four) generations of the one Uruguayan family, and in particular three women: Pajarita, her daughter Eva, and her daughter Salomé. It's very left-wing, with most of the characters having leftist sympathies of some description (but not, unsurprisingly, wealthy Argentine doctors) and there's representation of transwomen and same-sex attraction.

I guess in large part I loved it because it talks about the struggles of working-class women in twentieth-century Uruguay, and the women here are defiant and bold and determined to define their own lives. They do suffer, but they bounce back. It is frustrating, as a reader, when injustices happen that are never really avenged, but it's also satisfying to see these characters moving on with their lives and not, for the most part, just being crushed.

The book ends on a sad note, but for me it was really touching, and I even started crying about five pages from the end. I really recommend this book, particularly for anyone interested in South America and its history – and especially if you've been to Montevideo or Buenos Aires, because even though I haven't been to either place for long it evoked them very well – gazing out at the endless blue of the Río de la Plata from La Rambla in Montevideo, or the stark contrast between the Buenos Aires neighbourhoods of San Telmo and Recoleta. Its depiction of Rio de Janeiro is probably similar, although that one I can say.

A parting note though – even though it was definitely worth it, trying to get a copy of this book was really damn hard. I prefer not to buy paper copies of books because then I have to find room for them in my overly-cluttered house and they're usually much more expensive... but getting an electronic copy was a nightmare. For some reason, not only has the publisher decided it has to be absurdly expensive ($12!) but it's also decided to put geolocks on it, such that most ebook sellers won't sell it to Australians. Eventually though, I found that I could buy it from Diesel eBooks, and I breathed a sigh of relief. I'm not really sure why Random House is so intensely determined to prevent people from buying their books, but uh... yeah. That was by far the worst part of this book. Get your act together, Random House.(less)

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Oct 26, 2009 Joan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I had the opportunity to visit Uruguay a couple of years ago, and remembered peering from the airplane to see the mountain in Montevideo. As the story explains, there isn't actually a mountain there at all. But I had enjoyed my visit and the rare opportunity to listen to a story in this region hooked me quickly.

The story is one of a family of 4 women (great-grandmother, grandmother, mother and daughter) from the time of the birth of the first until the early adult hood of the last. The author sh...more

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Jan 30, 2010 karla_k rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-german, 2010

„Die unsichtbaren Stimmen“ hat mit sehr, sehr gut gefallen. So gut, dass ich das Buch am liebsten gar nicht beiseite gelegt hätte, wenn Seminare anfingen oder aber ein Blick auf die Uhr zeigte, dass es höchste Zeit zu schlafen ist.

In diesem unheimlich ehrlichen Roman wird die Geschichte einer Familie, die Geschichte dreier Generationen von Frauen, im Uruguay des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts erzählt. Carolina de Robertis zeigt dem Leser gemeinsame, immer Bestand habende Rituale und die Sicherheit in...more „Die unsichtbaren Stimmen“ hat mit sehr, sehr gut gefallen. So gut, dass ich das Buch am liebsten gar nicht beiseite gelegt hätte, wenn Seminare anfingen oder aber ein Blick auf die Uhr zeigte, dass es höchste Zeit zu schlafen ist.

In diesem unheimlich ehrlichen Roman wird die Geschichte einer Familie, die Geschichte dreier Generationen von Frauen, im Uruguay des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts erzählt. Carolina de Robertis zeigt dem Leser gemeinsame, immer Bestand habende Rituale und die Sicherheit innerhalb einer Familie, vor allem aber die unterschiedlichen Wege, die die Protagonistinnen von Generation zu Generation gehen. Im Laufe des Romans findet man die verschiedensten Formen von Beziehungen. Mütter und Töchter, Großmütter und Enkelinnen, Schänder und Geschändete, Ehemann und Ehefrau, Geliebte(r) und Geliebte. Dabei schneidet die Autorin auch unangenehme Themen an: Vergewaltigung und Folter werden nicht beschönigt dargestellt, aber auch nicht in ihrer Grausamkeit ausgewälzt. De Robertis schreibt gerade genug, damit der Leser sich das Geschehene gut vorstellen kann, quält ihn aber nicht unnötig mit Details.
Die verschiedenen Geschichten, die größtenteils in Uruguay, aber auch in anderen Ländern Südamerikas spielen, führen immer wieder in das Elternhaus in Montevideo zurück, wo schließlich auch der hinreißend schöne Schluss spielt.

Neben der überaus interessanten Geschichte ist es vor allem der schöne Schreibstil, der das Buch so faszinierend macht. Die Autorin verwendet eine Vielzahl schöner Metaphern, ohne aber das Ganze zu überfrachten. Die deutsche Übersetzung las sich sehr gut, lediglich den Titel finde ich weniger gut gewählt als den Originaltitel „The invisible mountain“, der sich symbolisch wie ein roter Faden durch das gesamte Werk zieht.

Beim Lesen der Geschichten der Frauen lernt man gleichzeitig viel über die uruguayanische Kultur und die prägenden Lebensumstände im politisch unruhigen Lateinamerika des 20. Jahrhunderts.

Alles in allem ein wunderbarer Roman, den zu lesen ich jedem nur empfehlen kann!
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Apr 08, 2011 Marianne rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011reads, family, revolution, south-america, argentina, uruguay, women

Part of me really loved this book beyond the rating I gave it, but the issues I had with small parts of it just won't go away.

The story centres around three generations of women in the one family and we get their story one after the other. We start with Parajita, a miracle child who meets a young Venetian gondola maker when he comes to Uruguay and quickly marries him. The two are young and in love and for a while their lives are blissful until real life invades and the spectres from Ignazio's Ve...more Part of me really loved this book beyond the rating I gave it, but the issues I had with small parts of it just won't go away.

The story centres around three generations of women in the one family and we get their story one after the other. We start with Parajita, a miracle child who meets a young Venetian gondola maker when he comes to Uruguay and quickly marries him. The two are young and in love and for a while their lives are blissful until real life invades and the spectres from Ignazio's Venetian childhood gets in the way when Parajita falls pregnant. They have children, but soon cracks appear in their marriage as Ignazio starts drinking and gambling and it culminates one night when he hits Parajita and flees the house in shame leaving her to raise the children herself. Parajita starts earning money and having an independent life as she raises her children until one day Ignazio returns, wanting to prove himself to her.

Once the family is eventually reconciled their daughter, Eva, quits school and goes to work for a friend of her father's. No one is aware at the time that her father's friend has less than pure intentions with the child and by the time that Eva realises what has happened, she has left it too late. The man gives Eva a pair of shoes, and uses them as evidence of her stealing from him when she runs home after the first time he assaults her and tells her parents that that is why she ran home before she could explain anything and making it impossible for her to refuse to go back.

This section of the book was quite difficult to read and Eva, from a child suffering so cruely, to the adult who is estranged from her father and running away from home with a childhood friend is an interesting character. I must confess though, for much of her section when she arrives in Argentina and then when she returns to Uruguay with her own family, I found her a very difficult character to like and it bothered me her behaviour to her husband who had given up so much for her.

One of the main things that bothered me about this book was that it seemed impossible for a strong female character to be strong unless it was contrasted by a weak male and this was particularly evident in Eva's marriage. We are met with her husband, a good man, a doctor, someone who went against expectation to provide her a good home that she manipulated into marrying her. She then, in a fit of rebellion, manages to make it impossible for them to remain in their home and then blames him as she starts an affair with the friend she had originally ran away to Argentina with who is now a transexual and refuses to return to Argentina when they are able. It's complicated, but perhaps it was just me, but I just found Eva, for the most part, hard to root for despite her tragic childhood.

The final part of the story centres on Salome, Eva's daughter who is quiet and studious and suddenly finds her self engulfed in a revolution. She starts full of great ideas and beliefs, but eventually brutal reality catches up and she gets captured, tortured, raped and imprisoned, refusing to flee when the rest of her group does because she's pregnant and thus being imprisoned for years only to come out years later to find out life has moved on. The man she loved and had a relationship with before has moved on and married one of the women who had been imprisoned with her, her friends have all moved on, her family is all older and her daughter is now in America being raised by her brother.

There was a lot about this book that I loved, the very end few scenes are beautiful and the characterisation is always good and each of the women have a very distinctive character (for better or worse.) My main issue was the way the writer wrote the men in the book. Outwith Ignazio and to a lesser degree Roberto, the male characters in the book were at best one dimensional and inferior and I say this as a woman, but I don't need to have strong women at the expense of strong men - it defeats the purpose for me.

This book is definite worth a read though. The issues I had with it don't detract from the story or how hard it is to put it down at times.(less)

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Nov 16, 2009 Bob Coats rated it 5 of 5 stars

This novel follows the stories of 3 strong Uruguayan women (grandmother, daughter and grandaughter)through the 20th century. The personal stories are set against the backdrop of political struggle, economic crisis, the Tupamaro movement and dirty war of the 1970s. De Robertis weaves in historic details (e.g. the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Mitrione, the CIA agent who came to Uruguay to teach the army torture techniques). The last third (about the granddaughter who joins the Tupos) is hard to...more

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Jul 25, 2012 Cheryl A rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Spanning the bulk of the 20th century, this debut novel tells the story of Pajarita, a miracle child of the turn of the century, her daughter Eva and Eva's daughter Salome. Weaving the history of Uruguay into the family history of these three women, we see the strength of these characters as they search for love, making sacrifices for the love of their family. Bleak and horrific events are told in such a lyrical voice that the reader often doesn't realize right away how ugly the events actually...more

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May 30, 2013 Saadia Refaqat rated it 2 of 5 stars

Invisible Mountain is a story of three generation of Uruguayan women, Pajarita, Eva and Saolme. The start was quite promising. The style, type of sorry telling, and unbelievable events appear to be similar to my all time favourite author, Gbabiral Garcia Marquez. The story of Pajarita is interesting but it is during the story of Eva that the novel really starts gripping. Her rise from ashes, her journey to Argentina, her marriage, her glamorous life, events, surprises are deeply engrossing. For...more

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Dec 16, 2010 Elaine rated it 4 of 5 stars

On the plane home I finished this beautifully written book by Carolina De Robertis that follows three generations of Uruguayan women through the heartaches and victories of their times. One of the main characters is a poet -- which is a pretty daunting choice for an author, because the poetry has to be as beautiful in the book as it is on her pages, and De Robertis definitely pulls this off. She also captures the terrifying dictatorship of the 70s vividly, almost unbearably so at times. It's one...more

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Nov 01, 2009 Mr. Brammer rated it 3 of 5 stars

This novel should have a two-star review based on the first 250 pages, but I bumped it up a star for its strong ending. I couldn't escape the thought that I was essentially reading Marquez-lite - which isn't a fair comparison, but one that The Invisible Mountain invites. Particularly irksome is the emphasis on the poetic skills of some of the characters, but when we actually get to read some of the poetry it seems overwrought and amateurish. This is the same criticism I had of _The Song is You_...more

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Aug 15, 2012 Christina rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Last night, my husband returned home from a meeting to find me weeping tears of joy and sadness. I had just finished Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis, a historical fiction novel set in the South American country Uruguay and I was truly moved. The novel follows the lives of 3 women: a grandmother Pajarita, her daughter Eva, and her daughter Salome. The novel begins with Pajarita's childhood at the dawn of the 20th Century in her rural village and later moves to Montevideo where Pajarita...more

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May 01, 2012 Kristin Gleeson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Set in Uruguay and Buenes Aries over the course of three generations of women this book is written in the lyrical style reminiscient of Isabelle Allende and includes a dash of her type of magical realism. This is her first novel after emerging from writing short stories and I think the first third reflects that (there is a lot of exposition) but as the novel progresses the novel's scenes become more involved and the reader is drawn into the story. For someone who only knows the political scene o...more

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Oct 20, 2009 Betty rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, international, historical-fiction, non-fiction, novels, political, south-america

The Invisible Mountain by Carolina de Robertis

Carolina de Robertis writes with a passion as deep and intense as the tango, the thread that holds so much of South America together. The Invisible Mountain is a lyrical narrative on the tides of life in Uruguay throughout the twentieth century. As symbolic as the traditional shared cup or gourd of mate, Ms. de Robertis has a unique talent that embraces everything within the lives of three generations of women and their families. She conveys imaginat...more The Invisible Mountain by Carolina de Robertis

Carolina de Robertis writes with a passion as deep and intense as the tango, the thread that holds so much of South America together. The Invisible Mountain is a lyrical narrative on the tides of life in Uruguay throughout the twentieth century. As symbolic as the traditional shared cup or gourd of mate, Ms. de Robertis has a unique talent that embraces everything within the lives of three generations of women and their families. She conveys imagination and imagery exquisitely.

The novel begins with the introduction of the main characters' origins prior to 1900 to set the background for the story to come. A young man escaping a brutal life in Italy, and an infant girl whose mother dies in childbirth and is blamed by her father for the death. A miracle happens New Years Eve at the turn of the century which saves her life. From this point on the real story begins. This is the first generation, and the baby, Pajarita, will become the glue that binds the generations.

The book is divided in three sections: Pajarita, Eva, and Salome. Separate yet intertwined, these three women, grandmother, mother, and daughter, live through the turbulence of coups, revolutions, despair, hope, passion, and always the rhythm of life and country. Three very distinct women. Pajarita keeps her family fed when her husband disappears by selling the herbs and treatments she has learned at the local butcher shop, along with her personality and advice. Though set primarily in Montevideo, Uruguay, Eva, a poet, moves and marries in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the regime of Peron, before fleeing with her husband and family in the night back to Uruguay. Salome, in her teens, wants nothing more than to save her country and becomes a Tupamaro, a revolutionist.

This book is inspirational, historical, powerful and passionate. I became deeply invested in it, even feeling the music running through the background as if to say I am here, I will not be forgotten. Listen. Feel.(less)

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May 17, 2013 Zoe Brown rated it 4 of 5 stars

Para los lectores en Español, hay una versión en Español abajo.

I love the fact that South American authors love strong, complicated interesting women. And there are three generations of them in this novel: Pajarita, a miracle child from a small village who becomes a healer after marrying an Italian from a gondola-making family; Pajarita's daughter Eva, a poet sustained through a difficult life by the beauty of words and love of one very special person and Eva's daughter Salomé whose idealism and...more Para los lectores en Español, hay una versión en Español abajo.

I love the fact that South American authors love strong, complicated interesting women. And there are three generations of them in this novel: Pajarita, a miracle child from a small village who becomes a healer after marrying an Italian from a gondola-making family; Pajarita's daughter Eva, a poet sustained through a difficult life by the beauty of words and love of one very special person and Eva's daughter Salomé whose idealism and naiveté causes her to suffer at the hands of a military dictatorship but who has inherited the ability to heal and survive. De Robertis knows and loves her characters deeply. She can handle both the darkness and the light of this novel with subtlety, honesty and great humanity and her writing is occasionally beautiful enough to make the reader stop just to take it all in.

Other reviewers have been concerned that each character takes a back seat as the next character is introduced. I think they feel that way because the characters are so rich and we readers want to know more about them. A good problem! But I thought the transitions from one section of the book to another flowed gracefully. I read the book in Spanish with an English translation nearby, both written by De Robertis - a nice opportunity to get a feel for her word choices in both languages. I plan to read her second book [I]Perla[/I] as well.

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En Español:

Me encanta el hecho que autores de Sud America les encantan fuertes mujeres interesantes y complicadas. Hay tres generaciones de ellas en esta novela: Pajarita, una niña milagrosa que proviene de una aldea pequeña, una niña que se convertió una curandera después de casar un hombre italiano de una familia que hizo góndolas; la hija de Pajarita, que se llama Eva, una poeta que está sostenida durante una vida difícil por la belleza de palabras y el amor de una persona muy especial; la hija de Eva, que se llama Salomé cuyo idealismo y cuya ingenuidad le causan sufrir en las manos de la dictadura militar. Pero ella ha heredado la capacidad de sanarse y de sobrevivir. De Robertis conoce a sus personajes bien y las ama. Puede manejar tanto la oscuridad como la luz de esta novela con la sutileza, la honradez y la gran humanidad. Y la escritura es tan bella que el lector necesita parar simplemente para asimilar todo.

Otros miembros de Goodreads estuvieron preocupados sobre el hecho que cada personaje se desvanece en el fondo cuando la historia del personaje siguiente comienza. Creo que se sienten así porque estos personajes son profundos y los lectores queremos conocerlos mejor. Un buen problema, no? Para mí, las transiciones de un personaje a otro en esta novela fluyeron airosamente.

Leí esta novela en Español con una traducción en inglés a la mano. Ambas estuvieron escritas por De Robertis. Éste provee una oportunidad buena para comprender sus selecciones de las palabras en ambos idiomas. Voy a leer su otro libro, que se titula Perla.

Para los lectores en español: ¡Por favor, perdone por el español inexperto!
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Apr 05, 2013 Rosemary Heller rated it 4 of 5 stars

This first novel by Carolina De Robertis is extremely satisfying. I was thouroughly engrossed in the lives of her three main protagonists over the course of their lives. De Robertis offers the reader rich prose peppered with humor and pathos. Although, she is an American, she brings to mind the writing of Isabelle Allende and other South American authors who use magical realism in their writing style.
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