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Cargando... The Savior of 6th Streetpor Orlando Ortega-Medina
Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.   Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. ) LetitiaElizabeth | Dec 28, 2020 |  Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing.For the first page I felt immerse in the world and the life of Virgilio. The magical realism part was really interesting, immersive and just very cool. Santería is one of those things that I'm kind of familiar with because I'm from Latin America so reading about it and in this form was just wonderful. The characters were great, and the voice of the protagonist cool to follow. I'm not the biggest fan of the first-person pov but this one was really well-made and unique. I loved Virgilio and I could feel all his emotions, I like the inclusion of Concha (as a trans person myself I appreciate trans characters) although I didn't like her as a person (?). Beatrice was lovely, and so was Sexto (his ending was just.... shocking, sad, terrible, my poor little boy). I hated Anne and Beatrice's father so much. I loved the exploration of the emotions, of an artist life, the gentrification, the Santería.... Those were wonderfully explored and it made the story more compelling to read. To be honest, at first I wasn't sure where the story was going but then I just didn't care anymore because I was invested in the characters and their journey itself. Overall, a great book, specially for character-center readers. The early copy I received had some typos and so some parts were weird, tho. (  )1  Merlucito | Oct 24, 2020 |
'The Savior of 6th Street is a good, solid novel in every sense of the word. There’s twists and turns, action and pathos. Art, voodoo priestesses, and criminal overlords. This has it all.' '[A]n intriguing thriller...' 'Vibrant, poignant.'  'A philosophical whodunit of the new millennium that is both elegy and prayer, The Savior of 6th Street proves that Ortega-Media is as much an artist as his young protagonist. Read this book!' —Lisa See, author of The Island of Sea Women & Shanghai Girls ‘Gritty and unexpected…The Savior of 6th Street is Orlando Ortega-Medina’s lucid and engrossing new novel about a sinewy young man growing up in Los Angeles’s dark, 1980s underworld.’
Deserted by his father at the age of four and raised by his voodoo queen mother on the fringes of Skid Row, Los Angeles street artist Virgilio Santos believes it his mission to save the down-and-outers in his neighborhood. But when he crosses paths with Beatrice Schein, an alluring Westside art collector with an aim to promote him to the international art world, Virgilio is tempted to turn his back on his friends. That is, until he discovers that Beatrice's father is the principal financier of organized crime in his neighborhood with plans to tear it all down for redevelopment. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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