Monday, September 24, 2012

"The Hummingbird's Daughter" by Luis Alberto Urrea *****

  • Originally published 2005
  • Audiobook
  • Mexican author
  • He was an Arts & Lecture author 
  • His novel, "Into The Beautiful North" (reviewed elsewhere) is the 2013 "If All Rochester Reads......" selection
  • Historical Fiction
  • Review:   Urrea's reading of this piece of historical fiction is magnificent.  I felt like I was listening to an epic poem rather than prose.  The story of Saint Theresita is stirring and spiritual.  It compels the reader into the world of Mexican mystery, religion, history, superstition, and faith, just as Theresita compels more and more followers and believers.  I might have given this novel four stars, but the reading itself merits five! 

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