Dreaming with Mariposas
Sonia Gutiérrez
Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
Sonia Gutiérrez's Dreaming with Mariposas, written in a Tomás Rivera and Sandra Cisneros bildungsroman vignette style, recounts the story of the Martínez family as told through the eyes of transfronteriza/transboundary Sofía Martínez, "Chofi," Francisco and Helena's daughter, as well as multiple narrators, emulating oral tradition. The novel embraces food as a communal practice with the ability to heal a family through storytelling. Dreaming with Mariposas presents glimpses of poetic diction in times of anti-rhetoric, inspiring readers to reclaim their sacred spaces and voices and to pursue dreams even when the future looks dismal. Chofi witnesses institutional racism, sexual harassment, and colorism and learns to navigate her parents' dreams and her dreams as she discovers her superpower, the strength of her Mexican Indigenous heritage, and the spirit world.
Kundenbewertungen
Hispanic American Literature &, Cultural Heritage Fiction, California, Hispanic American Literature, Texas, Women Writer, Fiction, Family, FlowerSong Press, transfronteriza/transboundary, Dreaming with Mariposas, novel, Mexico, Sonia Gutiérrez, written in a Tomás Rivera and Sandra Cisneros bildungsroman vignette style, Winner of the Tomás Rivera 2021 Book Award, Latinx, colorism, institutional racism, sexual harassment