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Title: PLACE WHERE THE SEA REMEMBERS by Sandra Benitez ISBN: 0-671-89267-3 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 05 February, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: ...here's a beach read for ya
Comment: A Place Where the Sea Remembers. A beautiful title for a flowery collection of vigniettes that wind throughout the lives of the dirt-poor residents of some little Mexican tourist village, going everywhere and eventually tying together in the final chapters of the book. Up untill that point I was reading and reading about seemingly unconnected people and their quasi-ordinary adventures and wondering what the point was. The writing style is continuous and soothing,like the sea (if you're looking for a book where it feels as though the writer is having a conversation with you, this is NoT it; this book is written like a storyteller's tale), but the storyline is anything but tranquil at times. The reader is taken into the lives of people who any average American could hardly imagine living like: these people have 1 room houses (and the book is set in 1980's Mexico), hardly any possessions, are impoverished by our definition of it, and although they lead "simple" lives, they all have complex problems, feelings and relationships of their own. This book does take the reader to another way of life that is geographically near- but so far from their own. This is a strong point. I was irritated while reading this book, though, because virtually all of the 1st half of it was sidestories and excursions which, though pleasant to read, played no part in the books, rising and falling action. In retrospect, I'd say that this is a "good" book, by the general definition. While reading it, however, I had thought it pointless and frivolous at times. If you have spare time and are looking for a lulling, almost-poetic read that will encourage you to ponder fate and its role in the lives of others, then this book is a fine choice for you. If this book is on your summer reading list though, I'd urge you to seriously consider your other choices before settling on A Place Where the Sea Remembers. The book being relatively short is a plus, if it had hundreds of pages of serendipitous sidestories it would be like reading air- no substance. But considering how the story is set in a small Mexican tourist-town on the sea, A PLace Where the Sea Remembers would make a really good beach read!
Rating: 4
Summary: Gentle, too gentle...
Comment: I found that in reading Ms. Benitez' first novel that I was being lulled into a gentle portrait of the interconnectedness of the people of the village of Santiago and I enjoyed that, most of the time. At other times, I felt that the author, in the name of verisimilitude, strove to re-create the village life so much that it got in the way of the truth of the story. Remedios, the central character, was under-developed as a shamanness--that is, I wanted to see her power over the lives of the other characters WHEN THEIR STORIES WERE BEING TOLD. Instead, she was just an intercalary effect.
But really, these are small criticisms. It was refreshing to read a novel where each character was treated with their own dignity.
Rating: 2
Summary: I have to read it.
Comment: I don't really get this book, but I have to read it for school. I need MAJOR help.
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Title: The Weight of All Things : A Novel by Sandra Benitez ISBN: 0786887036 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 20 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Bitter Grounds : A Novel by Sandra Benitez ISBN: 0312195419 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 15 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Night of the Radishes by Sandra Benitez ISBN: 0786864001 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 29 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The House on Mango Street by SANDRA CISNEROS ISBN: 0679734775 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Checkpoints: Developing College English Skills, Fifth Edition by Jack Page, Leslie Taggart ISBN: 0321103858 Publisher: Pearson Longman Pub. Date: 08 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $60.33 |
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