The Lost Chronicles of Terra Firma (Secret Weavers Series)
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Set in part during the elections that would eventually bring Violeta Chamorro to power, Nicaraguan author Rosario Aguilar's novel The Lost Chronicles of Terra Firma jumps between two continents and several centuries as it follows the fortunes of seven very different women. One of these women, a young Nicaraguan journalist, provides the canvas upon which the others will appear as she roams the country in the company of her Spanish lover, collecting information for a novel about women in Nicaragua at the time of the Spanish conquest. Historical narrative juxtaposes against modern-day events to highlight Latin America's on-going struggle to integrate its old-world roots with new-world circumstances.
Though Ms. Aguilar does not consider herself a feminist writer, each of her seven novels has been concerned with the lives of women in Latin America. In The Lost Chronicles of Terra Firma, she succeeds in reading between the lines of historical accounts, written by and about men, in order to imagine the lives of the women who, though never mentioned, were instrumental in settling the new world.
The New York Times Book Review, Erik Burns
Ms. Aguilar's fine prose, translated by Edward Waters Hood, captures the ambiguities involved in modern views of these earlier times, conveying both their horrors and their glories.
The Lost Chronicles of Terra Firma (Secret Weavers Series)
The Lost Chronicles of Terra Firma (Secret Weavers Series),Rosario Aguilar,White Pine Press,1877727628,Fiction,Fiction - General,General,Hasta 1838,Historia,Historical fiction,Literary,Mujeres,Nicaragua,Novela,Spanish (Language) Contemporary Fiction,Fiction / General,Modern fiction
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