Author: Alice McDermott, Vanesa Casanova
- Fiction
- Libros del Asteroide
- ISBN: 9788416213238
Synopsis
In this deceptively simple tour de force, Alice McDermott lays out the keenly observed life of Marie Commeford, an ordinary woman whose compromised eyesight makes her both figuratively and literally unable to see the world for what it is. We come to feel for this unremarkable woman, whose vulnerability makes her all the more winning—and makes her worthy of our attention. And that's why McDermott, a three-time Pulitzer nominee, is such an exceptional writer. In her hands, an uncomplicated life becomes singularly fascinating, revealing the heart of a woman whose defeats make us ache and whose triumphs make us cheer. Marie's vision (and ours) eventually clears, and she comes to understand that what she so often failed to see is lying right in front of her eyes.
Marie Commeford, la protagonista de esta novela, a quien encontramos por primera vez de niña, en el Brooklyn anterior a la Gran Depresion, observando con curiosidad cuanto sucede tras los gruesos cristales de sus gafas, va desgranando unos recuerdos aparentemente dispersos: su peculiar infancia, su despertar sexual, la primera ruptura amorosa que la llevara a su primer trabajo, la relacion con su hermano soltero, la maternidad, los cambios que se suceden en el barrio&@133; Son escenas que la narradora conecta unas con otras con gran habilidad y que terminan por componer una poderosa historia: la de su vida. Una vida que se nos hace asombrosamente real y unica a la vez.
