Cantoras

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What I loved most about this story is the fact that Flaca, Romina, La Venus, Paz and Malena had a persistent desire to take up space and create a sanctuary for themselves in the midst of a broken nation where their safety couldn’t be guaranteed even if they obeyed all the laws. I’m going to be totally honest and admit that this story took me on a long emotional rollercoaster ride and I couldn’t bear to put my kindle down because the characters and their circumstances broke my heart and mended it in a way that no other book has ever done before. But if you’re up for it, if you’re in the mood to feel a queer literary story with every cell in your body, then Cantoras may be the perfect book for you. The essence of dictatorship is that no matter where you are or how ordinary you seem, you’re in a cage. Do 1973 roku “ta szara myszka kontynentu” rozwijała się całkiem harmonijnie - wprowadzono prawa wyborcze dla kobiet, rozdzielono państwo od Kościoła, legalne były rozwody i dzień pracy oficjalnie zakończył się po ośmiu godzinach.

And so when I crossed paths again with Cantoras in the library last week, I felt it might be the time. In the 1970s and ’80s — decades before a new regime legalized gay marriage — communists, activists and social outcasts demanded their freedom. It tells a story, about women in a grim time, that one feels couldn’t have been told until Carolina De Robertis came along. The opening paragraphs are omniscient; we’re on the outside, watching something incredible take flight. Though sometimes to get through a slump you need something special, and Cantoras is exactly that book for me.This type of immersive storytelling with formidable characterization is our absolute favorite type of book to read. Uncorrected proof) That in essence is this story, women triumphing beyond unimaginable pain and scars. There's a quote on the back from Jacqueline Woodson saying she was 'lifted, then gently set down again - either through tears, rage or laughter', which is just 1000% accurate.

But by the half way point I could no longer ignore that the lovely warmth I was feeling for the characters was too often generated by cliched, sappy writing. Right away I was pulled into the story and struck by how unique it felt, this is the first time I've read De Robertis and I was immediately captivated. I’m left with an ache in my chest that, given the choice, I would choose again just to experience the beauty of this novel. I feel things as I read, of course, but there’s this wall in me that prevents me from taking on the characters’ emotions as my own.Sam ten pomysł może wydawać się sztuczny i niekoniecznie oryginalny, ale De Robertis po mistrzowsku opisuje napięcia między swoimi bohaterkami, pokazując jak wiele odcieni może mieć relacja w kobiecym stadzie. The great success of this novel is that it shows how tyranny, even if you can hide from it by living a quiet life, is a thief of joy and love — and not just love that’s been deemed subversive, like that of the cantoras. Beginning in the 1970s during the military dictatorship and oppression of Uruguay, five women come together to vacation on a rustic coastal peninsula. I rooted for these remarkable women during every step of their journey and found myself weeping in gratitude and happiness in the final pages.

Carolina de Robertis weaves a five-way lifeline, using words in the most exquisite way possible, bringing these characters to life for me. I’ve gripped the fabric of the shirt on my chest so many times I couldn’t tell if it was my fingers clenching or my heart. A week-long trip to Cabo Polonia, a small village on the coast north of Montevideo, connects them to each other and the village in a way that city living never could.The novel follows five queer women living in Uruguay in the 1970s, through the dictatorship, who find a sort of refuge in a small seaside hamlet where they can truly be themselves - cantoras, slang for sapphics at the time. BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Carolina De Robertis' writing is so lush and gorgeous and really lends itself to creating the beautiful refuge of Cabo Polonio, from the rocky shore to the little shack that the women find solace in. They’d been forming a kind of family, woven from cast-offs, like a quilt made from strips of leftover fabric no one wanted. We learn each of their backgrounds, some who have suffered from base treatment of the dictatorship, one from her own family.

Bohaterki powieści urugwajskiej pisarki mówią o sobie, że są “cantoras”, “śpiewaczkami”, choć wcale nie mają na myśli śpiewaczek. I knew it wasn’t an easy listening plus I’m not a fan of authors narrating a book as they normally aren’t professionally trained. But soon we’re in close third person that moves seamlessly from character to character in a way that never feels like head-hopping.I think the most surreal thing is that the plot wasn’t really surprising because De Robertis depicted all the characters so perfectly, it was clear how they’d react, what they’d do, and they are like your stubborn friends whom you love so much but could do nothing about to change what they were going to do.