Sofía Segovia wordt geprezen om haar internationale bestseller 'The Murmur of Bees', die een nominatie voor de National Book Award ontving. Haar werk duikt in thema's als herinnering en menselijke verbinding, weergegeven in een rijke en suggestieve proza. Segovia onderzoekt meesterlijk de complexiteit van het verleden en de invloed ervan op heden en toekomst, met een stem die zowel poëtisch als indringend is. Door haar verhalen biedt ze lezers diepgaande inzichten in de menselijke conditie en de essentie van geleefde ervaring.
Arno Schipper and Ilse Hahlbrock grow up, unaware of each other, in different parts of Prussia during World War II, and take flight with their families when the region ceases to exist as a part of Germany at the end of the war.
From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel--her first to be translated into English--about a mysterious child with the power to change a family's history in a country on the verge of revolution. From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees, little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition, a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by landowners Francisco and Beatriz Morales, who adopt him and care for him as if he were their own. As he grows up, Simonopio becomes a cause for wonder to the Morales family, because when the uncannily gifted child closes his eyes, he can see what no one else can--visions of all that's yet to come, both beautiful and dangerous. Followed by his protective swarm of bees and living to deliver his adoptive family from threats--both human and those of nature--Simonopio's purpose in Linares will, in time, be divined. Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution and the devastating influenza of 1918, The Murmur of Bees captures both the fate of a country in flux and the destiny of one family that has put their love, faith, and future in the unbelievable.
If you find yourself as a main character in any of these stories, you are only human. If you don't, you are in denial. This intriguing and powerful collection of prose reflects on the many complex facets of the human experience. The diverse narratives, perspectives, and characters in the stories touch on a number of experiences and emotions that everyone will relate to at one point or another in their lives, which is what makes the stories so captivating. From family to love to loss to religion, the stories are sure to draw readers in and allow them to truly contemplate about what it means to be human, and the many shared experiences and emotions we have that make us so.
Una historia impredecible de amor y de entrega por una familia, por la tierra y por un hermano al que se ha esperado siempre, pero también la de una traición que puede acabarlo todo. En Linares, al norte del país, con la Revolución mexicana como telón de fondo... Un buen día, la vieja nana de la familia abandona sorpresivamente un reposo que parecía eterno para perderse en el monte. Cuando la encuentran, sostiene dos pequeños bultos, uno en cada brazo: de un lado un bebé misterioso y del otro un panal de abejas. Ante la insistencia de la nana por conservar y cuidar al pequeño, la familia Morales decide adoptarlo. Cubierto por el manto de abejas que lo guiarán por siempre, Simonopio cambia la historia de la familia que lo acoge y la de toda una región. Para lograrlo, enfrentará sus miedos, al enemigo que los acecha y a las grandes amenazas de la guerra: la influenza española y los enfrentamientos entre los que desean la tierra ajena y los que protegen su propiedad a toda costa. A esta magnífica edición de El murmullo de las abejas se suma "La tierra de las luces", la fábula que Francisco Morales le contó a Simonopio cuyas palabras inspiraron la novela que tienes en tus manos.
Huracaan es una nueva versiaon de Sofaia Segovia's primera novela, Noche de huracaan, publicada por primera ves in 2010.