August 2, 2009
The Invisible Mountain
In this sweeping, historical saga, Carolina De Robertis chronicles the lives of three generations of strong women in 20th-century Uruguay, South America. Pajarita Firielli’s husband gambles and drinks their money away, so she supports her children by selling herbal remedies in Montevideo. Pajarita's daughter, Eva, becomes a poet after suffering abuse at the hands of a shopkeeper. And Eva’s daughter, Salome, is imprisoned and tortured after joining the Tupamaros, a guerilla group attempting to overthrow Uruguay’s dictatorship. With storytelling at its finest, this is a beautifully written first novel for fans of Isabel Allende.
