Undocumented Peruvian Ana Falcón is compassionately portrayed by narrator Frankie Corzo in Rivero’s touted debut novel. Ana dreams that her family, who have left a crumbling Peru, will flourish in America. Even in Peru, Ana’s indigenous heritage made her a second-class citizen—unlike her urban, educated, and lighter-skinned husband. Whereas he sees returning to Peru as a solution to their precarious life in New York, for her it is an impossible surrender. Her desperation results in decisions that seem dangerously shortsighted. While Corzo’s habit of swallowing her “t”s is more indicative of an American than a South American accent, her narration in all other respects clearly projects the voice of Ana and her fellow immigrants, whose dreams seem only to recede the more they reach for them. K.W. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
A stunning debut novel about a young undocumented Peruvian woman fighting to keep her family afloat in New York City.
Ana Falcón, along with her husband Lucho and their two young children, has fled the economic and political strife of Peru for a chance at a new life in New York City in the 1990s. Being undocumented, however, has significantly curtailed the family's opportunities: Ana is indebted to a loan shark who calls herself Mama, and is stretched thin by unceasing shifts at her factory job. To make matters worse, Ana must also battle both criticism from Lucho's cousin-who has made it obvious the family is not welcome to stay in her spare room for much longer-and escalating and unwanted attention from Mama's husband.
As the pressure builds, Ana becomes increasingly desperate. While Lucho dreams of returning to Peru, Ana is deeply haunted by the demons she left behind and determined to persevere in this new country. But how many sacrifices is she willing to make before admitting defeat and returning to Peru? And what lines is she willing to cross in order to protect her family?
The Affairs of the Falcóns is a beautiful, deeply urgent novel about the lengths one woman is willing to go to build a new life, and a vivid rendering of the American immigrant experience.
A stunning debut novel about a young undocumented Peruvian woman fighting to keep her family afloat in New York City.
Ana Falcón, along with her husband Lucho and their two young children, has fled the economic and political strife of Peru for a chance at a new life in New York City in the 1990s. Being undocumented, however, has significantly curtailed the family's opportunities: Ana is indebted to a loan shark who calls herself Mama, and is stretched thin by unceasing shifts at her factory job. To make matters worse, Ana must also battle both criticism from Lucho's cousin-who has made it obvious the family is not welcome to stay in her spare room for much longer-and escalating and unwanted attention from Mama's husband.
As the pressure builds, Ana becomes increasingly desperate. While Lucho dreams of returning to Peru, Ana is deeply haunted by the demons she left behind and determined to persevere in this new country. But how many sacrifices is she willing to make before admitting defeat and returning to Peru? And what lines is she willing to cross in order to protect her family?
The Affairs of the Falcóns is a beautiful, deeply urgent novel about the lengths one woman is willing to go to build a new life, and a vivid rendering of the American immigrant experience.
The Affairs of the Falcóns: A Novel
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BN ID: | 2940170121809 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 04/02/2019 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |