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Cargando... Gods of Jade and Shadow: A wildly imaginative historical fantasy (2019 original; edición 2019)por Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Autor)
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InscrÃbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Those of us who read a lot of fiction often enjoy the world we’ve visited, usually mourn the end of a tale in our way, and then move on to the next adventure that awaits us. Every so often, however, the bits and pieces of one of those worlds is so clearly laid out for us, touches us in just the right way that those bits and pieces become lodged in our psyche. The names and concepts rattle around in our heads, becoming personal reference points and ever so subtly shift our sense of the world. They make us consider what strange things might lie in old chests, or what longings may hide in young hearts. GOD OF JADE AND SHADOW has been one of those books for me. Beyond its solid work as a tightly-woven narrative, the book provides beautiful passages and allusions that frankly I wish I could pull off. I’ll be honest, I stared at the hard bound copy in my local bookshop for months, ultimately buying it for my Kindle, but now I’ve read it, this one belongs on my bookshelf as well. Magic realism meets Mexican history meets Mayan mythology meets Cinderella during the Roaring 20s in an epic quest in which the hero, Casiopea Tun, is a half-indigenous, poor relation pressed into service in the larger, wealthy Levya family. One day, she is left behind while the rest of the family, including her mean cousin (the heir-apparent) and her cantankerous grandfather, go on an annual outing, and she finds keys to a mysterious wooden box in her grandfather’s room, which she opens. In so doing, she frees the Mayan god of death, Hun-Kamé, who has been beheaded and trapped there by his twin brother, Vucub-Kamé, and because a shard of his bone lodges in her hand, she becomes bound to him in his quest to seek revenge and reclaim his throne as the ruler of Xilbaba, an underworld filled with hungry ghosts, blood sacrifice, and despair. I found the story dragged in places, but the last third was riveting. Beautiful writing. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"La Era del Jazz está en pleno apogeo, pero Casiopea Tun está demasiado ocupada trapeando en casa de su adinerado abuelo como para prestar atención a las nuevas melodías. Sueña, de todos modos, con una vida lejos de su pequeño y polvoriento pueblo en el sur de México. Una vida que pueda calificar de propia. Sin embargo, esta nueva vida parece tan remota como las estrellas, hasta el día en que encuentra una curiosa caja de madera en la habitación de su abuelo. La abre y libera sin querer el espíritu del dios maya de la muerte, que le pide ayuda para poder recuperar su trono, que está actualmente en manos de su traidor hermano. El fracaso significaría la muerte de Casiopea, pero el éxito podría hacer realidad sus sueños. En compañía de un dios extrañamente seductor y armada con su ingenio, Casiopea comienza su aventura, una odisea que la llevará por las selvas de Yucatán, las brillantes luces de Ciudad de México, hasta sumergirla en las oscuras profundidades del inframundo maya."--Back cover. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Set in 1920s Mexico, and based on Mayan folklore, this story features Casiopea Tun who begins the story sweeping the floors of her grandfather’s house, but with a rebelliousness within her that her petty cousin Martin can neither crush nor understand. The day she opens a wooden chest and is pierced by a bone shard she meets the conveniently handsome Mayan god of death, Hun-Kamé, and becomes connected to him in a mysterious way. She winds up travelling to the underworld of Xiabalba and fighting against his usurping brother Vucub-Kamé.
I wanted to love this book as it has elements I love, such as the exploration of Mayan mythology and a strong female protagonist. The story certainly began well, but unfortunately this one was just not for me. I felt that despite the setting, it was an excuse for a fairly limp romance, with a fairly robotic and boring male hero. I couldn’t wait for it to end. ( )