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Bruna and Her Sisters in the Sleeping City
Bruna and Her Sisters in the Sleeping City | Alicia Yanez Cossio
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A magic-realism novel set in Ecuador which traces an eccentric family's history from the Conquest to modern times. One woman paints her face white for a portrait to hide her Indian origin, another weaves a carpet intended to stretch to Rome so as to encourage the Pope to visit.
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MariettaSG
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Loved the multiple narratives in this and the magical realism reminded me of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.