3/2/2024 0 Comments Hummingbird in spanishThis book has everything: history, family conflict, coming-of-age, social issues, politics, sex, love, violence, religion, Native American healing and a delightful sprinkling of magical realism. He takes the barely sketched history of his aunt Teresita-the "Saint of Cabora" who helped inspire the Mexican revolution-and breathes life into a brave, compassionate, lively young heroine with a sense of humor. There are few books I consider perfect, and this is one: Urrea deftly makes every word, comma, character nuance and plot twist seem straightforward and simple, yet there's so much going on here. Every one of the 20 years Luis Alberto Urrea spent on this story was worth it. "The Hummingbird's Daughter" quickly made my list of 25 favorite books ever. Can I convince him to do a reading in Wyoming? Wonderful to meet Luis Alberto Urrea at the Harvard Bookstore! He uses his storytelling abilities during this event to talk about the inspiration behind his latest novel, The House of Broken Angels. It is also super interesting to me that Urrea took stories about a distant family member, Teresita Urrea, combined that with historical research on her, and wrote a book that feels something like folklore. Maybe it’s just me, but when I read magic realism I think revolution. The mix of the lyrical and the historical evokes the political and social upheaval of the period. It is still incredible! Something about Urrea’s ability to evoke the landscape and capture a mood really drew me into this story. She learned that she herself could one day stretch open as wide as a window, and it would not kill her.”įirst read Luis Alberto Urrea’s Hummingbird’s Daughter nearly 13 years ago. “She learned that women were braver than men.
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