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Olga Dies Dreaming
- A Novel
- Lu par : Almarie Guerra, Inés del Castillo, Armando Riesco
- Durée : 11 h et 42 min
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"All three narrators are Puerto-Rican born and deliver the Spanish passages with musical grace, thereby enhancing an already fine novel." (The Washington Post)
“The narrators’ accents and code-shifting create a vibrant auditory experience. In particular, Guerra’s luscious voice conveys Olga’s transformation from fighter to a compassionate woman as she overcomes dualities and finds wholeness within herself.”–BookPage
A blazing new talent debuts with the story of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her absent mother, her glittering career amongst New York’s elite, and her Puerto Rican roots in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
It’s 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro “Prieto” Acevedo” are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular Congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan’s powerbrokers.
Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the one percent, but she can’t seem to find her own...until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets....
Twenty-seven years ago, their mother, Blanca, a Young Lord-turned-radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives.
Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico’s history, Olga Dies Dreaming is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife, and the very notion of the American dream—all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.
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Commentaires
Indie Next Selection for January 2022
Book of the Month Club Selection
“The audiobook is read by three Puerto Rican-born narrators Almarie Guerra, Inés del Castillo, and Armando Riesco, who showcase PR accents and code-switching dynamics to heighten the authenticity and storytelling experience of the book.”—HipLatina
"A fantastically engaging story...Rarely does a novel, particularly a debut novel, contend so powerfully and so delightfully with such a vast web of personal, cultural, political and even international imperatives." —The Washington Post
“Hilarious… A sprawling dramedy of love, politics, blackmail and real estate featuring a Puerto Rican family in Brooklyn." —People
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- 09/07/2022
Family and what it means to belong
What does it mean to belong to a people, a place, a family? Gonzalez expertly crafts two siblings who look, from the outside, to be successful, happy, and glamorous. Through the narrative, she shows them the truths they've been hiding from themselves. This is the best part of the narrative--we see, progressively, the blinders on the characters and whether they choose to see the truth of a situation or not. And whether more than one truth is possible at once.
The knowledge of Puerto Rican history I gained from listening to this book cannot be overstated. I was shocked and horrified at the direct colonialism of this country, which continues until today. I had known about the birth control experiments done here in the 50s and 60s, but I should have known it was only a small piece of US colonialism here.
However much I learned, though, the book refuses to be pigeonholed as a sad history or a tale with an inevitable end. The characters and the story continue dreaming. May it one day be a reality.
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