Elizabeth Gonzalez James The Bullet Swallower. Op 23 januari 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Simon & Schuster de nieuwe Amerikaanse westernroman van Elizabeth Gonzalez James. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de roman, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Er is nog geen Nederlandse vertaling van de roman verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.
Elizabeth Gonzalez James The Bullet Swallower recensie
- “Mesmerizing and important. . .The Bullet Swallower is valuable for its gorgeous language and gripping story alone, but the questions it asks could hardly be timelier. Should we be expected to pay for the sins of our ancestors? To whom do we owe reparations? How do we break generational cycles of abuse and trauma? There’s not much overt discussion of race in this novel, but the impact of racism on Antonio’s life is impossible to miss, as is his family’s complicity in exploiting both the land and its Indigenous inhabitants. . .Elizabeth Gonzalez James makes such deft use of tropes from Westerns, Gothic literature, and magical realism that they don’t feel like tropes at all. She clearly understands why these motifs persist, and she gives them life with prose that’s both spare and intensely rich.” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
- “Gonzalez laces magical realism into her vivid epic of the Texas-Mexico border and the violence that shapes a family for generations. . .The novel’s striking centerpiece follows Antonio and fellow desperado Peter Ainsley as they cut a swath across the border badlands [with] blazing guns and rich, Butch and Sundance–esque banter. . .Readers will find this a refreshingly modern recasting of the classic western.” (Publishers Weekly)
Elizabeth Gonzalez James informatie
De Amerikaanse schrijfster Elizabeth Gonzalez James is afkomstig uit het zuiden van Texas. Tegenwoordig woont ze met haar familie in de Amerikaanse staat Massachusetts. In 2021 debuteerde ze met de roman Mona at Sea die over het algemeen goed werd ontvangen door de Amerikaanse critici. Tot nu toe zijn de romans van Elizabeth Gonzalez James nog niet in Nederlandse vertaling verschenen.
The Bullet Swallower
- Auteur: Elizabeth Gonzalez James (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: Amerikaanse westernroman
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Simon & Schuster
- Verschijnt: 23 januari 2024
- Omvang: 272 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
- Prijs: $26.99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
Flaptekst nieuwe avonturenroman van Elizabeth Gonzalez James
A dazzling magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The Bullet Swallower follows a Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to save his family, only to encounter a mysterious figure who has come, finally, to collect a cosmic debt generations in the making.
In 1895, Antonio Sonoro is the latest in a long line of ruthless men. He’s good with his gun and is drawn to trouble but he’s also out of money and out of options. A drought has ravaged the town of Dorado, Mexico, where he lives with his wife and children, and so when he hears about a train laden with gold and other treasures, he sets off for Houston to rob it—with his younger brother Hugo in tow. But when the heist goes awry and Hugo is killed by the Texas Rangers, Antonio finds himself launched into a quest for revenge that endangers not only his life and his family, but his eternal soul.
In 1964, Jaime Sonoro is Mexico’s most renowned actor and singer. But his comfortable life is disrupted when he discovers a book that purports to tell the entire history of his family beginning with Cain and Abel. In its ancient pages, Jaime learns about the multitude of horrific crimes committed by his ancestors. And when the same mysterious figure from Antonio’s timeline shows up in Mexico City, Jaime realizes that he may be the one who has to pay for his ancestors’ crimes, unless he can discover the true story of his grandfather Antonio, the legendary bandido El Tragabalas, The Bullet Swallower.
A family saga that’s epic in scope and magical in its blood, and based loosely on the author’s own great-grandfather, The Bullet Swallower tackles border politics, intergenerational trauma, and the legacies of racism and colonialism in a lush setting and stunning prose that asks who pays for the sins of our ancestors, and whether it is possible to be better than our forebears.
