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Gateway to the Moon: A Novel por Mary Morris
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Gateway to the Moon: A Novel (edición 2018)

por Mary Morris (Autor)

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From award-winning novelist Mary Morris comes the remarkable story of a remote New Mexican town coming to grips with a dark history it never imagined. In 1492, the Jewish and Muslim populations of Spain were expelled, and Columbus set sail for America. Luis de Torres, a Spanish Jew, accompanies Columbus as his interpreter. His journey is only the beginning of a long migration, across many generations. Over the centuries, de Torres' descendants travel from Spain and Portugal to Mexico, finally settling in the hills of New Mexico. Five hundred years later, it is in these same hills that Miguel Torres, a young amateur astronomer, finds himself trying to understand the mystery that surrounds him and the town he grew up in. Entrada de la Luna is a place that holds a profound secret--one that its residents cannot even imagine. It is also a place that ambitious children, such as Miguel, try to leave. Poor health, broken marriages, and poverty are the norm. Luck is unusual. When Miguel sees a flyer for a babysitting job, he jumps at the opportunity, and begins work for a Jewish family new to the area. Rachel Rothstein is not the sort of parent Miguel expected. A frustrated artist, Rachel moved her family from New York in search of a fresh start, but so far New Mexico has not solved any of the problems she brought with her. Miguel loves the work, yet he is surprised to find many of the Rothstein family's customs similar to ones he's grown up with and never understood. Interwoven throughout the present-day narrative are the powerful stories of the ancestors of Entrada's residents, highlighting the torture, pursuit, and resistance of the Jewish people. A beautiful novel of shared history, Gateway to the Moon is a moving and memorable portrait of a family and its journey through the centuries.… (más)
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Título:Gateway to the Moon: A Novel
Autores:Mary Morris (Autor)
Información:Nan A. Talese (2018), 352 pages
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This story is heartbreaking and fascinating at the same time. I knew about Conversos, but not about the crypto-Jews of New Mexico. ( )
  decaturmamaof2 | Nov 22, 2023 |
During the inquisition, Spanish would purposely serve pig knuckles and ham hock to see if a pretend converted Jew chokes at the sight. They would charge for tortures—removing fingers, mouth burns, even if you are burned at the stake, your family has to cover the costs. Columbus used the theories based on the almanac of Rabbi Abraham Zacuto. Isabel and Ferdinand financed Columbus’s voyage to the new world with money confiscated from the Jews of Seville exiled or killed.
The novel juggles time periods between 1492 and 1992. It gives the novel a thrust as you try to determine the connection between those five hundred years. With a large canvas of characters, Mary Morris is able to keep our focus without gimmicks or contrivances.
The sequence where the adult son of a converso, Jews that converted to Christianity, to avoid execution by Spain, proceeds to circumcise himself is excruciating. The detail and aftermath of the blood is written with poetic horror. The side effects of this self-mutilation prevented him from intimacy due to lasting pain.
The Inquisition horror is laced with beautiful writing as the reader continues to gasp at the mechanisms The Spanish used against Converso Jews.
With a tear soaked ending, this is a magnificent read full of magical treasures.
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  GordonPrescottWiener | Aug 24, 2023 |
Family saga of conversos [Jews who forcibly converted to Catholicism in Medieval Spain], expelled from that country. The novel starts with a translator who sailed with Columbus on his first voyage reaching down through the centuries to a present-day teenager living in the small town, Entrada. New Mexico. The inhabitants still follow Jewish customs only they don't know why. Fascinating. Apparently there is such a place, according to the author in her Notes. ( )
  janerawoof | Aug 1, 2021 |
Morris is an exemplary storyteller! Told in alternating time periods (1992 and the late 16th century) about the community of Entrada de la Luna (New Mexico) and the history of crypto-Jews. High schooler Miguel loves the stars, and science, but not much else about his life in Entrada. As the story unfolds we learn that his Jewish ancestors were forced to leave Spain during the Spanish Inquisition, and eventually settled in present day Entrada. Pick this book up if you enjoy stories about identity, community, faith, and family.

Another thanks to NetGalley for the eARC. ( )
  Lisa_Francine | Aug 5, 2020 |
This novel follows the family line of a crypto-Jewish family from their arrival with Columbus in the New World to small town New Mexico in the modern day. At first the New World seemed like a good place to escape the Inquisition. It didn't stay that way for long. Miguel Torres lives with his single mom. Although he's too young for a license, he drives a car his father gave him to get to a babysitting job in a nearby town. The family he works for is Jewish, but their customs remind him of some of his Catholic family's customs.

The novel has a strong sense of place, whether it's 16th century Europe or 20th century New Mexico. While both story lines are strong, Miguel was the most interesting character to me, and I was always eager to get back to his story. I wasn't tempted to rush through this book. I wanted to linger with its characters and setting as long as I could.

This review is based on an electronic advance reading copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley. ( )
  cbl_tn | Aug 1, 2018 |
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From award-winning novelist Mary Morris comes the remarkable story of a remote New Mexican town coming to grips with a dark history it never imagined. In 1492, the Jewish and Muslim populations of Spain were expelled, and Columbus set sail for America. Luis de Torres, a Spanish Jew, accompanies Columbus as his interpreter. His journey is only the beginning of a long migration, across many generations. Over the centuries, de Torres' descendants travel from Spain and Portugal to Mexico, finally settling in the hills of New Mexico. Five hundred years later, it is in these same hills that Miguel Torres, a young amateur astronomer, finds himself trying to understand the mystery that surrounds him and the town he grew up in. Entrada de la Luna is a place that holds a profound secret--one that its residents cannot even imagine. It is also a place that ambitious children, such as Miguel, try to leave. Poor health, broken marriages, and poverty are the norm. Luck is unusual. When Miguel sees a flyer for a babysitting job, he jumps at the opportunity, and begins work for a Jewish family new to the area. Rachel Rothstein is not the sort of parent Miguel expected. A frustrated artist, Rachel moved her family from New York in search of a fresh start, but so far New Mexico has not solved any of the problems she brought with her. Miguel loves the work, yet he is surprised to find many of the Rothstein family's customs similar to ones he's grown up with and never understood. Interwoven throughout the present-day narrative are the powerful stories of the ancestors of Entrada's residents, highlighting the torture, pursuit, and resistance of the Jewish people. A beautiful novel of shared history, Gateway to the Moon is a moving and memorable portrait of a family and its journey through the centuries.

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