| A Place Where the Sea Remembers Contributor(s): Benitez, Sandra (Author) |
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ISBN: 156689011X ISBN-13: 9781566890113 Publisher: Coffee House Press OUR PRICE: $9.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1993 Annotation: A Place Where the Sea Remembers is a mesmerizing tale of love and anger, hope and tragedy. At the heart of this rich and bewitching story is Chayo, the flower-seller, and her husband Candelario, the salad-maker, who finally may be blessed with the child they thought they would never have. Their cause for happiness, however, triggers a series of events that marks the lives of everyone in the small village of Santiago, Mexico. Woven into Chayo's and Candelario's story are an unforgettable array of characters: Marta, the hotel maid who reads cast-off American magazines and dreams of El Paso; don Justo, the heartbroken fortune-teller; Esperanza, the midwife who finds new love with Rafael, the shy schoolteacher. Their secret dreams and desires are known only to the omniscient sea and to the curandera Remedios, a healer who hears them all. The hopes, triumphs, failures, and shortcomings of this captivating array of individuals create a picture of life that is both a universal portrait and an insider's look at life in Latin America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 93025176 |
| Lexile Measure: 790 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.79" W x 8.8" (0.80 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 68827 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner, Discover Great New Writers Award. Winner, Minnesota Book Award for Fiction. Profound.... a quietly stunning work that leaves soft tracks in the heart.--The Washington Post BookWorld Merits placement beside some of the mesmerizing new literature with its roots in Latin America.--The New York Times Book Review |