Caramelo

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“Spellbinding…A richly satisfying novel.”

“Cisneros is such an imaginative storyteller…Caramelo engages in a kind of playfulness that is utterly bewitching.”

“A joyful, fizzy American novel…Soulful, sophisticated and skeptical, full of great one-liners, it is one of those novels that blithely leap across the border between literary and popular fiction.”

“Cisneros is a writer for all people. This is a novel of families, home life and finding yourself in the world’s greater landscape.” 

“All the energy of a riotous family fiesta…Cisneros is undeniably at her peak.”

“Like Eduardo Galeano, John Dos Passos and John Steinbeck, Cisneros writes along the borders where the novel and social history intersect. In this lovingly told and poetic novel, she uses the storytelling art to give the voiceless ones a voice, and to find the border to the past, imbuing the struggles of her family and her countries with the richness of myth.”

“A wonderful book…evoking life’s absurdity and possibility, tragedy and transcendence…Combines the thematic richness of the most ambitious literature with the delight in character and plot of the most engrossing page-turner.”

“A glorious book, Caramelo is crowded with the souvenirs and memories of the dramas of everyday life…like an oversized family album, intimate as well as universal.”

“The world of the twentieth-century Mexican family, and of the Reyeses in particular, is as complicated, timeless, and satisfying as our own family stories.”

“The author’s gorgeous prose, on-a-dime turns of phrase, and sumptuous scene-setting make this an unforgettable read.”

“With the ability to make listeners laugh out loud with her humor, get lumps in their throats with her poignancy and leave them thinking about her characters long after they’ve hit the stop button, Cisneros is a master storyteller and performer…This is a treat of an audio, combining a fantastic narrative with an equally excellent reading.”

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