- Gebundene Ausgabe: 224 Seiten
- Verlag: Free Press (1. Juni 2010)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1439170800
- ISBN-13: 978-1439170809
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,9 x 15,2 x 3,2 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 620.674 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Winnerof the Pen/Hemingway Award and the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
"Skyhorse is at his best when exploring the changing world of Echo Park...His careful attention to detail, to a rich past of a place that served as home to Mexican Americans already once displaced from Chavez Ravine, is thoroughly researched and executed-- no easy feat while juggling multiple characters and timeframes...the focus on Mexican American characters is admirable." —The Los Angeles Times
"To embrace a community, to capture its fabric, to syncopate its rhythms, lives, views and experiences is a difficult feat. But Brando Skyhorse manages to do just that with his breathtaking and, at times, soul-churning novel...Skyhorse [finds] breadth and diversity in Echo Park...Stories zigzag through the book, introducing lives unique and full, bisecting one another at times, standing at solitary edges at others...we are carried away by this intricately crafted tale. Taken together, the tales spin around the axis of a few streets yet splinter off into infinite dimensions." —Chattanooga Times Free Press
“A revelation…the summer’s most original read…extraordinary…The novel is richly detailed, offering varying perspectives that collide into a singular narrative from an evolving neighborhood in the shadow of downtown L.A. (Think Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez fused with Junot DÍaz.)…The immigrant experience may very well be the defining narrative of the United States in the 21st century. When juxtaposed against its literary rival, the self-confession, the results can be breathtaking as exhibited by Skyhorse’s startling author’s note at the start of the book…powerful.” —Examiner.com
"Rich and textured...As the intricate tale unwinds, we're offered glimpses of...eight residents, whose ordinary, working-class lives intersect under often extraordinary circumstances...Skyhorse propels the reader through the novel at a breakneck pace. And in each section, readers are rewarded with a deeper layer, and a new connection, that enriches the plot...Skyhorse uses elegant prose and vivid storytelling to tackle questions surrounding culture, belonging, and identity that haunt every immigrant community." —The Christian Science Monitor
"If timeliness and social relevance don't sell you on the book, then read it for its beautifully imperfect characters, the wise certainty of its prose, its satisfying emotional heft…Elegantly written...The book cleverly expresses the tangled nature of multicultural identity and the physical geography of off-the-grid Echo Park." —The Brooklyn Rail
"Skyhorse is at his best when exploring the changing world of Echo Park...His careful attention to detail, to a rich past of a place that served as home to Mexican Americans already once displaced from Chavez Ravine, is thoroughly researched and executed-- no easy feat while juggling multiple characters and timeframes...the focus on Mexican American characters is admirable." —The Los Angeles Times
"To embrace a community, to capture its fabric, to syncopate its rhythms, lives, views and experiences is a difficult feat. But Brando Skyhorse manages to do just that with his breathtaking and, at times, soul-churning novel...Skyhorse [finds] breadth and diversity in Echo Park...Stories zigzag through the book, introducing lives unique and full, bisecting one another at times, standing at solitary edges at others...we are carried away by this intricately crafted tale. Taken together, the tales spin around the axis of a few streets yet splinter off into infinite dimensions." —Chattanooga Times Free Press
“A revelation…the summer’s most original read…extraordinary…The novel is richly detailed, offering varying perspectives that collide into a singular narrative from an evolving neighborhood in the shadow of downtown L.A. (Think Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez fused with Junot DÍaz.)…The immigrant experience may very well be the defining narrative of the United States in the 21st century. When juxtaposed against its literary rival, the self-confession, the results can be breathtaking as exhibited by Skyhorse’s startling author’s note at the start of the book…powerful.” —Examiner.com
"Rich and textured...As the intricate tale unwinds, we're offered glimpses of...eight residents, whose ordinary, working-class lives intersect under often extraordinary circumstances...Skyhorse propels the reader through the novel at a breakneck pace. And in each section, readers are rewarded with a deeper layer, and a new connection, that enriches the plot...Skyhorse uses elegant prose and vivid storytelling to tackle questions surrounding culture, belonging, and identity that haunt every immigrant community." —The Christian Science Monitor
"If timeliness and social relevance don't sell you on the book, then read it for its beautifully imperfect characters, the wise certainty of its prose, its satisfying emotional heft…Elegantly written...The book cleverly expresses the tangled nature of multicultural identity and the physical geography of off-the-grid Echo Park." —The Brooklyn Rail
Kurzbeschreibung
We slipped into this country like thieves, onto the land that once was ours.
With these words, spoken by an illegal Mexican day laborer, The Madonnas of Echo Park takes us into the unseen world of Los Angeles, following the men and women who cook the meals, clean the homes, and struggle to lose their ethnic identity in the pursuit of the American dream.
When a dozen or so girls and mothers gather on an Echo Park street corner to act out a scene from a Madonna music video, they find themselves caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting. In the aftermath, Aurora Esperanza grows distant from her mother, Felicia, who as a housekeeper in the Hollywood Hills establishes a unique relationship with a detached housewife.
The Esperanzas’ shifting lives connect with those of various members of their neighborhood. A day laborer trolls the streets for work with men half his age and witnesses a murder that pits his morality against his illegal status; a religious hypocrite gets her comeuppance when she meets the Virgin Mary at a bus stop on Sunset Boulevard; a typical bus route turns violent when cultures and egos collide in the night, with devastating results; and Aurora goes on a journey through her gentrified childhood neighborhood in a quest to discover her own history and her place in the land that all Mexican Americans dream of, "the land that belongs to us again."
Like the Academy Award–winning film Crash, The Madonnas of Echo Park follows the intersections of its characters and cultures in Los Angeles. In the footsteps of Junot Díaz and Sherman Alexie, Brando Skyhorse in his debut novel gives voice to one neighborhood in Los Angeles with an astonishing— and unforgettable—lyrical power.
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Justify My Love for this novel
7. Juni 2010
Format:Kindle Edition
I picked up this new novel a few days ago not really knowing what to expect. It's a real winner. Jump on the bandwagon now so you can say you discovered this new writer before he hits it big time. At the center of the interlocking stories in this book is a tragic drive-by shooting that happens in Echo Park in LA at a street corner where Chicana and Mexican women and girls are gathered dancing to the groove of Madonna's "Borderline"--which had the classic chola-inspired video on MTV. I really enjoyed all the pop culture references from the 80s and 90s and I hadn't really thought before about how and why American pop music is embraced by ethnic minorities. I got a really vivid sense of what living in a ethnically diverse neighborhood of LA is like and throughout the stories, characters cross paths in very powerful and moving ways. I'd love to see Iñárritu make a film of this book. The novel is really beautifully written and crafted. I reread some sentence and paragraphs for the pleasure of experiencing them again. I feel like rereading the book again so I can catch all the subtleties I missed the first time.
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A Journey of Discovery
15. Juni 2010
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
The Madonnas of Park had me from page one. An intriguing epigraphical poem by Jeff G. Lytle ushers in Skyhorse's fictional author's note, a piece of writing that showcases an effortless style (complete with lots of fun eighties-culture references), a knack for storytelling, and a deep knowledge of both his characters and the world they live in. I fell in love with Skyhorse in his author's note and experienced a whole other range of emotions as I progressed through the chapters: shock, grief, amusement, admiration, hope. His widely varied cast of characters offers many views of a culture within a neighborhood, all of them humanitarian and revelatory. I particularly liked how each chapter was told from a different perspective (all of the voices eerily convincing), with Aurora's and Felicia's stories laced throughout to serve as a backbone for the book.
His sweeping descriptions reminded me of Steinbeck, and his subtle, plentiful details were reminiscent of the texture in Wes Anderson's film "The Royal Tenenbaums" and Baz Luhrmann's film "Moulin Rouge"--films you can watch a hundred times and still pick up on things you'd missed in previous viewings.
Skyhorse has a memoir coming out next year. Needless to say, I'll be first in line to buy it.
His sweeping descriptions reminded me of Steinbeck, and his subtle, plentiful details were reminiscent of the texture in Wes Anderson's film "The Royal Tenenbaums" and Baz Luhrmann's film "Moulin Rouge"--films you can watch a hundred times and still pick up on things you'd missed in previous viewings.
Skyhorse has a memoir coming out next year. Needless to say, I'll be first in line to buy it.
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Left wanting more
5. Juni 2010
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While reading "Madonnas of Echo Park" I felt like I once lived in Echo Park and knew all the prople. Now that I have finished the book I miss the neighborhood. I even went on "MTV" to view the Madonna video the story mentions.
Brando Skyhorse's use of English is masterful and with his perfect words he paints each character and setting so lovingly that they glow with life.
I recommend this novel to anyone wanting to fall in love with another time and place not so far away.
Brando Skyhorse's use of English is masterful and with his perfect words he paints each character and setting so lovingly that they glow with life.
I recommend this novel to anyone wanting to fall in love with another time and place not so far away.
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