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Title: The Red of His Shadow: A Novel by Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman ISBN: 0-06-621059-3 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: August, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great book only too short.
Comment: First a hint: Read the authors note. It explains the meanings of some of the words used. For instance mysteries actually relates to Gods. It also explains that this book is based on a true story.
Now on to the review: I personally loved this book. It's a total immersion into the world of the Voodoun priest and priestess and those cane cutters around them during the time of "Papa Doc" Duvalier. The story draws you inexorably in even as the characters are drawn inexorably closer to ther ends. Please note that if you are offended by a reference to incest and polygamy you may wish to avoid this book. It has a couple of references to each. My only complaint is that I wish the book were longer.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fulfilling expectations set by In the Palm of Darkness
Comment: This novel returns to the folk beliefs that were expressed so well in the best known of Montero's works, In the Palm of Darkness. This novel is based on an actual event which occurs during the annual pilgrimage during the Triduum (last three days of Holy Week). The tale follows the life of a young girl through her life as the head of a religious society, as a "voodoo priestess" (my term not Montero's). Montero assumes that the reader has little knowledge of the life and beliefs of Dominican/Haitian suger cane workers. Therefore, she provides rich detail setting the scene for the reader, remarkably so given the length of the book. While the book centers on the love triangle of Zule, her teacher's son and a rival priest, there are many memorable figures presented in the book. Montero's ability to make characters memorable is a major asset. While the (tragic)outcome is apparent early in the story, the means of the outcome is not. This allows Montero to establish a foreboding atmosphere without disclosing the story's climax. The foreboding verges on heavyhanded oppression; readers may quarrel whether Montero crossed the line. Even if one considers the foreboding heavyhanded, this book is enjoyable reading and educational regarding life in Haiti/Dominican Republic.
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Title: The Last Night I Spent With You : A Novel by Mayra Montero ISBN: 0060934743 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: In the Palm of Darkness : A Novel by Mayra Montero ISBN: 0060929065 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Deep Purple : A Novel by Mayra Montero ISBN: 0066214203 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: An Area of Darkness by V.S. Naipaul ISBN: 0375708359 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 09 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez ISBN: 0375815449 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 13 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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