Breath, Eyes, Memory (Oprah's Book Club)

Edwidge Danticat

Would you like to read a novel that explores the complex relationships between mothers and daughters, cultural identity, and historical trauma? If so, I recommend Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat, a Haitian-American writer who tells the story of Sophie Caco, a young woman who must face her past and present in two different countries. .

Sophie was born in Haiti, the result of a rape suffered by her mother Martine de ella when she was a teenager. Raised by her aunt Atie in a poor town, Sophie only knows her mother from photos she sends her from New York. At the age of twelve, Sophie receives the news that she must go live with Martine, which means a great change in her life. There she discovers that her mother suffers from terrible nightmares and that she gives her virginity tests to make sure that she is a good girl. Sophie feels caught between two cultures and two women who love her but also hurt her.

At eighteen, Sophie falls in love with Joseph, a musician who is her neighbor, and decides to run away with him. However, her relationship is affected by the trauma that Sophie carries from her childhood and by the secret that she keeps about her origin. Sophie seeks professional help and also travels to Haiti to meet her grandmother Ifé and her aunt Atie, who reveal aspects of her family history that she did not know. Meanwhile, Martine becomes pregnant again and decides to return to Haiti to give birth, but the ghost of her rapist haunts her.

Breath, Eyes, Memory is a moving and powerful novel that explores the themes of exile, violence, sexuality, motherhood, and memory. Danticat uses poetic and evocative language to create vivid images of Haiti and its characters. The novel also reflects the political and social reality of Haiti in the eighties and nineties, marked by the dictatorship, poverty and popular protests. Breath, Eyes, Memory was published in 1994 and was an Oprah Winfrey Book Club selection in 1998.
🎯 ¿Cansado de los anuncios?
Elimínalos ahora 🚀


Descargar Breath, Eyes, Memory (Oprah's Book Club) PDF Completo Gratis

Obtener gratis libro Kindle para tu teléfonoVer ofertas en Amazon