Librarians' books of the week (Ana Alonso)
Tuesday / "They Came Like Swallows" by William Maxwell
For eight-year-old Bunny Morison, his mother is an angelic presence without whom nothing seems to have life; to his older brother, Robert, his mother is someone he must protect, especially since the flu has begun to ravage their small Midwestern town; for his father, James Morison, her wife Elizabeth is the center of a life that would crumble without her.
Through the eyes of these three characters, Maxwell portrays a family and the woman it stands on. Masterfully recreating the atmosphere of middle-class America in the early XNUMXs, They Came Like Swallows shows those veiled needs for love and understanding that are with us throughout our lives.
Taken from Asteroid Books.
See also:
http://www.literaturas.com/v010/sec0701/libros_resenas/resena-02.html
http://latormentaenunvaso.blogspot.com/2006/12/vinieron-como-golondrinas-william.html
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maxwell
The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute. If you are interested in reading this recommendation, you can check its availability at IIE library catalog.
They Came Like Swallows / William Maxwell ; foreword by Edmundo Paz Soldan; translation Gabriela Bustelo. — 5th ed. — Barcelona: Books of the asteroid, 2007. — 203 p. ; 20cm
DL B 9074-2007 — ISBN 978-84-935018-2-4 / PS 3525.A948 C3618 2007
[They came like swallows. Spanish]
