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La Mitad Evanescente / The Vanishing Half
La Mitad Evanescente / The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennett
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«Una reflexión AMBICIOSA sobre la RAZA y la IDENTIDAD.» -The New York TimesGeneración tras generación, la comunidad negra del pueblo de Mallard, en Luisiana, ha intentado aclarar el tono de su piel favoreciendo los matrimonios mixtos. Las inseparables gemelas Desirée y Stella Vignes, con su color níveo, sus ojos castaños y su cabello ondulado, son un buen ejemplo de ello. Tan distintas y tan iguales, decidieron huir juntas del diminuto pueblo creyendo que también podrían escapar de su sangre. Años después y ante la mirada atónita de todos, Desireé regresa acompañada de una niña negra como el carbón. Hace tiempo que no sabe nada de Stella, después de que decidiera desaparecer y renunciar definitivamente a sus orígenes para vivir otra vida como mujer de raza blanca. Aclamada como la digna heredera de Toni Morrison y James Baldwin, Brit Bennett es una de las grandes revelaciones de la literatura afroamericana de los últimos tiempos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST * NPR * PEOPLE * TIME MAGAZINE* VANITY FAIR * GLAMOUR "Bennett's tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it's especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison's 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye." --Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal "A story of absolute, universal timelessness ...For any era, it's an accomplished, affecting novel. For this moment, it's piercing, subtly wending its way toward questions about who we are and who we want to be...." - Entertainment WeeklyFrom The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect? Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins. As with her New York Times-bestselling debut The Mothers, Brit Bennett offers an engrossing page-turner about family and relationships that is immersive and provocative, compassionate and wise.
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carolpharmd
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Mehso-so

Excellent characters. Ending anti-climactic.

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Smoores101
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A story that has been told many times and in different ways. I did fully enjoy the ride of this version - I mourned missed opportunities and mourned the unknown but genuinely liked the time I spent with these characters.

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Beccaf
Pickpick

Enjoyed reading this book, felt the ending could have been stronger after so much character investment.

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CarrieStavish
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Pickpick

I enjoy multigenerational books very much so this book was able to keep me interested pretty easily. I read it because a POC suggested I should, to get a glimpse into their life experiences and challenges growing up Gen x especially when it comes to colorism.

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Smallmoons
Pickpick

I love the writing. Fascinating story. Complex characters but well developed. The ending felt real.

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Gadolby
Mehso-so

I liked the subject matter and the first half better than the second. It felt like the story got more diluted as more characters/perspectives came into it. Didn‘t love the ending.

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One_With_Books
Bailedbailed

I didn‘t end up finishing this book. I loved the idea, but I don‘t think the author executed it well enough. I wish I could finish it but forcing myself to read this is putting me behind on my long list of books to read this year!

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One_With_Books
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This book is taking me forever to read. Some parts are super good but others are just... so boring lol I began reading missing people articles in between because of it though lol who else read this book what what did you think?