DAUGHTERS OF THE STONE: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 12580008B29841
English Summary/英文概要： A lyrical, powerful debut novel about a family of Afro–Puerto Rican women, spanning five generations, detailing their physical and spiritual journey from the Old World to the New.
It is the mid-1800s. Fela, taken from Africa, is working at her second sugar plantation in colonial Puerto Rico, where her mistress is only too happy to benefit from her impressive embroidery skills. But Fela has a secret. Before she and her husband were separated and sold into slavery, they performed a tribal ceremony in which they poured the essence of their unborn child into a very special stone. Fela keeps the stone with her, waiting for the chance to finish what she started. When the plantation owner approaches her, Fela sees a better opportunity for her child, and allows the man to act out his desire. Such is the beginning of a line of daughters connected by their intense love for one another, and the stories of a lost land.
Mati, a powerful healer and noted craftswoman, is grounded in a life that is disappearing in a quickly changing world.
Concha, unsure of her place, doesn’t realize the price she will pay for rejecting her past.
Elena, modern and educated, tries to navigate between two cultures, moving to the United States, where she will struggle to keep her family together.
Carisa turns to the past for wisdom and strength when her life in New York falls apart.
The stone becomes meaningful to each of the women, pulling them through times of crisis and ultimately connecting them to one another. Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa shows great skill and warmth in the telling of this heartbreaking, inspirational story about mothers and daughters, and the ways in which they hurt and save one another.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 首部关于波多黎各女人们家庭的小说，跨越了五代人的历程，一次从生理到心理的旅行。十九世纪中，fela来自非洲，在波多黎各的糖料种植园工作，女主人十分欣赏她的刺绣。但是fela有个秘密，在她和她的丈夫被迫分开去做奴隶之前，他们在部落祭祀活动上，他们把胎儿的灵魂注入一块很特别的石头中。Fela一直把石头戴在身边，等待一个使一切都结束的机会。当种植园主人想接近她时，并没有阻止主人的欲望，因为她认为这是一个很好的机会。
Mati，著名的女工匠，过着随着日益变化的世界而消失的生活。Concha，将为不愿接受过去而付出的代价。Elena，受过良好的教育的现代女性，试图使不同的两种文化相结合。
作者运用了大量的技巧讲述了一个让人悲伤而富有灵感的故事。(RY)
Awards/获奖情况：“[A] compelling debut…Beautifully told by Llanos-Figueroa, this is an unforgettable saga of the magical beliefs binding one family for generations.”---Booklist
"Rejoice! Here is a novel you’ve never read before: the story of a long line of extraordinary Afro-Puerto Rican women silenced by history. In Daughters of the Stone, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa rescues them from oblivion and richly, compellingly, magically, introduces them to literature--and to the world. Bienvenidas!"---Cristina García, author of A Handbook to Luck
"This is a remarkable first novel, both magical and deeply real, that vividly renders the power of storytelling to a diasporic people. The story of each woman in her own time and place is like a luminous fiber, meticulously spun from hay into gold, which woven together creates an unforgettable history, grounded in a black stone that symbolizes the legends and rituals of the Old Ones, but spiraling into a wider world that connects stone to memory and earth to continents. I am happy to add such a clairvoyant new voice to the Latina literary heritage. Llanos-Figueroa’s ’Fela’, with her embroidery skills, her dreaming, and her dance of loss and survival, is kindred spirit to my own ’Concepción’. I could not resist the magnetic pull of these stories."---Alicia Gaspar de Alba, author of Calligraphy of the Witch
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About the Author/作者介绍： Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa was born in Puerto Rico and raised in New York City. She taught in the New York City school system before becoming a young-adult librarian. Dahlma has won the Bronx Council on the Arts ACE and BRIO awards, as well as a Literary Arts Fellowship. This is her first novel. She lives in the Bronx
Format:电子手稿
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