The Gods of Tango - Rilegato

De Robertis, Carolina

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ISBN 10: 110187449X ISBN 13: 9781101874493

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2015

Riassunto

A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2015

An NBC Latino Selection for Ten Great Latino Books Published in 2015

February 1913: seventeen-year-old Leda, clutching a suitcase and her father’s cherished violin, leaves her small Italian village for a new home (and husband) halfway across the world in Argentina. Upon her arrival in Buenos Aires, Leda is shocked to find that her bridegroom has been killed. Unable to fathom the idea of returning home, she remains in this unfamiliar city, living in a commune, without friends or family, on the brink of destitution. She finally acts on a passion she has kept secret for years: mastering the violin. Leda is seduced by the music that underscores life in the city: tango, born from lower-class immigrant voices, now the illicit, scandalous dance of brothels and cabarets. Leda knows, however, that she can never play in public as a woman, so she cuts off her hair, binds her breasts, and, as a young man, joins a troupe of musicians bent on bringing tango into the salons of high society. As time progresses, the lines between Leda and her disguise will begin to blur, and feelings that she has long kept suppressed will reveal themselves, jeopardizing not only her music career but her life itself.

With evocative scenery, prose suffused with the rhythms of the tango, and a deep, resonant core, De Robertis delivers her most accomplished novel yet.

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“The Gods of Tango opens up the imagination. . . . Woven of many strands, the novel is absorbing, tightly crafted, and ultimately quite moving. . . De Robertis’s passages hum in step with the tempos of the tango, seducing the reader to continue turning the pages [with] luminous prose. . . . Bold and mesmerizing.” —Sara Campos, The Los Angeles Review of Books

“A rousing tale of sex, violence, exhilaration, poverty, luck, and redemption. . . . De Robertis is as ambitious and audacious as her beguiling protagonist.” —Valerie Miner, San Francisco Chronicle

“Confident, sensual, wildly romantic.” —Margaret Quamme, The Columbus Dispatch

“Hypnotic. . . De Robertis’ passionate prose captures the rhythms of the tango, ensnaring us in its twists and twirls.” —Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times

“Sensuous, thoughtful, and beautifully rendered.” —Terence Clark, The Huffington Post

“Ambitious. . .  De Robertis masterfully navigates the sensuous world of Buenos Aires’ rich musical heritage, and writes bravely and compassionately.” —Bustle.com

“You think you’re reading one novel but, then, suddenly you realize you’re reading another. This is the dazzling transformation that slowly comes upon you reading Carolina De Robertis’s rapturous novel, The Gods of Tango. And then you stop and take a breath and ask yourself, ‘Isn’t this what fiction is supposed to do?’ Catch us off guard, surprise us, and convince us the art of the possible. And you have to say, ‘Well, yes—of course this is what De Robertis has been doing all along.’” Charles R. Larson, Counterpunch

“Joyous and affirming.” —Sandra Lambert, Lambda Literary

“This beautifully realized work is as evocative and textured as the tango itself.”—Library Journal (Starred Review)

“Cross-dressing Leda is an indelible character, and De Robertis does a fine job of conjuring the dangerous musical demimonde of early 20th-century Buenos Aires.”—San Jose Mercury News
 
“Carolina De Robertis delivers her most accomplished novel yet in The Gods of Tango.”—About Town Magazine

“De Robertis’s ability to tell a story, shape a character, and immerse the reader in the period, is remarkable.” —Claire Morris, Historical Novel Society

“Makes for a poetic read, with De Robertis penning effortlessly lyrical sentences. The novel is true to its time and manages to be engrossing and believable. . . Beautifully written.” —Publishers Weekly

“A plea to embrace ‘the bright jagged thing you really are,’ and De Robertis captures the enormity of that struggle.” —Kirkus Reviews

“There is something inherently alluring about the tango. . . [The Gods of Tango] captures that allure in a rich feast of history and human drama. . . Leda/Dante’s strength of character finds a perfect home in De Robertis’ strong narrative.” —Brad Hooper, Booklist (starred review)

“A sensuous and beautiful book, in which one woman’s consuming passion for tango challenges convention, and shapes her identity. The Buenos Aires of the early 1900s is a vivid, dangerous place, and Carolina De Robertis takes us on an epic journey into its heart, and into the lives of the immigrants responsible for the birth of tango.” —Saskia Sarginson, author of Without You and The Other Me

L'autore:

CAROLINA DE ROBERTIS, a writer of Uruguayan origins, grew up in England, Switzerland, and California. She is the author of two previous novels, Perla and The Invisible Mountain (a Best Book of 2009 according to the San Francisco Chronicle; O, The Oprah Magazine; and Booklist), and the recipient of Italy’s Rhegium Julii Prize and a 2012 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her writings and literary translations have appeared in Zoetrope: All-Story, Granta, The Virginia Quarterly Review, the anthology Immigrant Voices, and elsewhere. Her novels have been translated into sixteen languages. She lives in Oakland, California.

www.carolinaderobertis.com

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 110187449X
• ISBN 13: 9781101874493
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 367