Topic of discussions:
1. In comparison to Rudolfo Anaya's Bless me, Última, how do you feel about this novel?
2. Which Ángel family member is your favorite and why?
Other topics: Send them to Amrita to be posted here.
Despite the heavy rain Olga and Lizzy made it to our past coffee hour. For once we all liked Arturo Islas' THE RAIN GOD. I guess the rain was appropriate(although we did not make the connection then).
Irene was unable to come, but sent her comments. She didn't like the novel at first, but then says it grew on her.
Next month(AUGUST) we are changing the geographical origin of our author. Instead of choosing a book by a Chicano/Mexican American, Cuban American, Dominican American or Puerto Rican (the most commonly read), we are reading the Peruvian American Marie Arana's AMERICAN CHICA.
Keeping the varying motif the SEPTEMBER book is Colombian American author Jaime Manrique's LATIN MOON IN MANHATTAN. More information on this will be in our next issue of the newsletter.
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1 comment:
It is very interesting how Islas uses death of family members and close friends to weave a story about the Angel family. This is my favorite book till now. Although I really liked Junot Diaz' Drown, I was really captivated my Rain God's language. It is very poetic, especially the description of the landscape. I am sure people closer to the south western culture will appreciate it more, but even as an outsider I felt drawn into the family and the area.
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