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I struggled with the rating for this book, because it probably deserves 5 stars. However, I as the reader had a little difficulty putting everything together so that the lower rating more likely represents a deficiency on my part instead of a commentary on the book itself.
Nevertheless, this book is beautifully written, because the rhythm is very lyrical in nature. It's about a couple who move to Mexico in the 1960s to re-establish a mine that the husband's grandfather had abandoned in 1910. The ...more
Nevertheless, this book is beautifully written, because the rhythm is very lyrical in nature. It's about a couple who move to Mexico in the 1960s to re-establish a mine that the husband's grandfather had abandoned in 1910. The ...more
Updated review from the 2015 read:
I originally had a physical book, then I bought the e-book version, when it became available.
Many years ago, I tried to the read it, but I couldn't get into it.
In 2015 when I read it for a challenge, I absolutely loved it. It is in fact one of those books that I can't stop thinking about.
So now, in 2022 I decided to read it again, and I am so glad I did, I had forgotten so much, and I definitely understood so much more this time reading it.
Richard and Sara Ev ...more
I originally had a physical book, then I bought the e-book version, when it became available.
Many years ago, I tried to the read it, but I couldn't get into it.
In 2015 when I read it for a challenge, I absolutely loved it. It is in fact one of those books that I can't stop thinking about.
So now, in 2022 I decided to read it again, and I am so glad I did, I had forgotten so much, and I definitely understood so much more this time reading it.
Richard and Sara Ev ...more
This story centers on the brief years that a U.S. couple reclaim and reopen a family copper mine in the Mexican village of Ibarra. The Evertons are following in the footsteps of Richard Everton's grandparents, who abandoned the mine in the wake of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and then never returned. The family mine had become legend, so the young Everton couple went to seek that legend.
The story is essentially about revisiting a dream and adding to the family memory. It is also about the min ...more
The story is essentially about revisiting a dream and adding to the family memory. It is also about the min ...more
Series of vignettes of an American couple who decide to spend the rest of their lives in a small village in Mexico.Their interaction with the locals provides interesting commentaries on human relations.
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