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9788466336833

La costurera / The Seamstress

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  • ISBN13:

    9788466336833

  • ISBN10:

    8466336834

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2017-01-31
  • Publisher: Debolsillo
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Una saga familiar ambientada en el Brasil colonial de los años treinta. La historia de dos hermanas huérfanas que deberán convivir con un trasfondo de inestabilidad política y de desastres naturales.Emília y Luzia dos Santos, dos hermanas con una excelente destreza para la costura, sueñan con escapar de su pequeño pueblo, un anhelo que separa sus vidas...

Luzia sufre una deformidad desde que un accidente en la infancia la dejara lisiada y se convierte en una muchacha ruda y también poco casadera. Su única oportunidad de conseguir la independencia y la felicidad será casarse con el bandido que la secuestra, Antonio, el Halcón. En cambio Emília es delicada como una flor. Quiere una vida acomodada y refinada en la ciudad, por lo que contrae matrimonio con el hijo de un rico médico, a pesar de no estar enamorada de él.

Los caminos de las dos hermanas se vuelven a unir cuando la vida de una de ellas corre peligro, aunque ya no son las mismas que en el pasado: Emília se siente sola y desgraciada y Luzia se ha convertido en una forajida a la que apodan, la Costurera.

Frances de Pontes Peebles nos demuestra con su novela la importancia de los lazos familiares, inquebrantables incluso en la distancia y en la adversidad. Su cuidado estilo, su sensibilidad y su facilidad para contar grandes historias de sagas familiares, le han servido además para que numerosos medios la comparen con Gabriel García Márquez e Isabel Allende.

Reseñas:
«Los seguidores de García Márquez devorarán esta magnífica novela.»
Frau Im Leben

ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONAs seamstresses, the young sisters Emília and Luzia dos Santos know how to cut, how to mend, and how to conceal. These are useful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land barons called "colonels" feud with bands of outlaw cangaceiros, trapping innocent residents in the cross fire.

Emília, whose knowledge of the world comes from fashion magazines and romance novels, dreams of falling in love with a gentleman and escaping to a big city.

Luzia also longs to escape their little town, where residents view her with suspicion and pity. Scarred by a childhood accident that left her with a deformed arm, the quick-tempered Luzia finds her escape in sewing and in secret prayers to the saints she believes once saved her life.An enthralling novel of love and courage, loyalty and adventure, that brings to life a faraway time and place, The Seamstress is impeccably drawn, rich in depth and vision, and heralds the arrival of a supremely talented new writer.

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