Loteria (e-bog) af Zambrano, Mario Alberto

Loteria e-bog

90,41 DKK (inkl. moms 113,01 DKK)
Ataut, fraught, look at tragedy, its aftermath, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive. With suspense, dread, and always the possibility for redemption, we watch as Zambrano flips the cards of chance and fate.Justin Torres, author ofWe The AnimalsIn Lotera, the spellbinding literary debut by Mario Alberto Zambrano, a young girl tells the story of her familys tragic demise using a deck of ...
E-bog 90,41 DKK
Forfattere Zambrano, Mario Alberto (forfatter)
Forlag Harper
Udgivet 2 juli 2013
Længde 304 sider
Genrer Fiction: general and literary
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780062268563
Ataut, fraught, look at tragedy, its aftermath, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive. With suspense, dread, and always the possibility for redemption, we watch as Zambrano flips the cards of chance and fate.Justin Torres, author ofWe The AnimalsIn Lotera, the spellbinding literary debut by Mario Alberto Zambrano, a young girl tells the story of her familys tragic demise using a deck of cards of the eponymous Latin American game of chance.With her older sister Estrella in the ICU and her father in jail, eleven-year-old Luz Castillo has been taken into the custody of the state. Alone in her room, she retreats behind a wall of silence, writing in her journal and shuffling through a deck of lotera cards. Each of the cards colorful imagesmermaids, bottles, spiders, death, and starssparks a random memory.Pieced together, these snapshots bring into focus the joy and pain of the young girls life, and the events that led to her present situation. But just as the story becomes clear, a breathtaking twist changes everything.By turns affecting and inspiring,Loterais a powerful novel that reminds us of the importance of remembering, even when we are trying to forget.Beautiful images of lotera cards are featured throughout this intricate and haunting novel.