Libros de Rita Indiana (2 libros)

Esta apabullante novela, que supone la consagración de Rita Indiana como narradora, tiene tantas capas de lectura y tantos giros fascinantes que rehúye toda síntesis, todo encorsetamiento. Es más, sólo cabe una invitación entusiasta a la lectura por parte de los editores. Aunque para los que prefieran algunas claves, he aquí un resumen: la historia arranca en el apartamento de la santera y asesora del Presidente dominicano Esther Escudero, llamada también Omicunlé desde que, en un rito afrocubano, se convirtiese en servidora de la diosa del mar Yemayá. Su joven mucama, Alcide...

This overwhelming novel, which enshrines Rita Indiana as narrator, contains many layers and fascinating twists that eludes all synthesis. The story begins in the apartment of saint and advisor to the Dominican President, Esther Escudero, better known as Omicunle. His young maid, Alcide Figueroa, whom Esther helped leave a life of prostitution thanks to the collaboration of Eric Vitier, is about to become plagued by the past, present and future that seems dizzying and nearly impossible at times. Including deities that inhabit the Caribbean Sea, political interests, Goya s prints, gender...