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ELLA, QUE TODO LO TUVO/ SHE THAT HAD IT ALL

by | Read by Adriana Sananes

Spanish Audio • 10.75 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2009

Esta novela, ganadora de premios literarios, es un cuento del género realismo mágico que presenta la narradora, Adriana Sananes, con un desafío pidiendo que su voz dé vueltas sobre la realidad, la locura y los sueños de la protagonista. Ésta, una novelista que se llama Ella, sale de Colombia en camino a Florencia para terminar una historia escrita por su padre. Sin embargo, se encuentra con una incapacidad de escribir. Cree que mató a su marido y su hija en un accidente de coche aunque nunca encontraron sus cuerpos. O, ¿es que ni siquiera existieron? Sananes narra con buen ritmo y maestría reflejando la doble personalidad de Ella y proyectando las voces de los hombres sucesivos que se enamoran de ella. También enriquece los pensamientos provocativos de Becerra sobre los libros que duermen en las librerías antiguas que Ella visita por las noches: ¿puede existir un libro si no lo han escrito nunca? K.P., L.R.P., trans.

--[ENGLISH TRANSLATION]--Ángela Becerra's award-winning tale of magical realism poses a challenge for narrator Adriana Sananes as it requires her to twist and turn her voice around the protagonist's reality, insanity, and dreams. Novelist Ella, the central character, leaves Colombia for Florence to finish her father's story but finds she is unable to write. She believes she killed her husband and daughter in a car accident from which the bodies disappeared. Or did they even exist? Sananes skillfully paces her voice to reflect Ella's split personality and to authentically project the voices of the successive men who fall in love with her. Sananes also artfully enriches Bacerra's provocative thoughts about the books that sleep in the antique bookstores that Ella frequents at night: Can a book exist if it was never written? K.P. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2010]

Library Ed. • Recorded Books • 2009

CS ISBN 9781440783319 $72.75 • Nine cassettes

CD ISBN 9781440783326 $102.75 • Nine CDs

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Library Ed. • Recorded Books • 2009

CS ISBN 9781440783319 $72.75 • Nine cassettes

CD ISBN 9781440783326 $102.75 • Nine CDs

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