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Incluye el nombre: Oliver De la Paz

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Conocimiento común

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male

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*beautiful book filled with many sonnets
*easy to read
*fun and enjoyable
*highly recommend
 
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BridgetteS | otra reseña | Jul 1, 2023 |
The poems in this collection follow Fidelito and his family from the Philippines to the United States. I enjoyed how different folk tales weave into the family story, particularly the bird imagery. De la Paz is clearly a talented poet--among my favorites in the collection are "Insects in Maria Elena's Kitchen," "Fidelito Sails over Manila," "School Years," "The Fourth Madonna," and "An Anatomy of Birds." Three and a half stars; I really did enjoy this.

Here is one of my favorite excerpts from "At Sea Domingo Learned to Steady His Hand" (Fidelito watches his father shaving):

The faucet's slurred talk: a hair the drain could not swallow, the sounds of / a wet deck's sway as sea-storms rock iron ships like empty plastic cups in / the wind.

Fidelito's father, his eyes filled with boats and sailor's boots, steadies / himself by spreading his feet wide like the stance of a man guarding a / door, like a man whose balance is turned by wave-crest and spume at the / hull side. The blade's prow cuts through the Pacific, past the mountains of / his face like a tiller, like the furrow of his boy's forehead in surprise when / Domingo cuts himself and the water in the sink blossoms.
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anru | Aug 26, 2007 |

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9
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Miembros
104
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#184,481
Valoración
4.1
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3
ISBNs
25

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