Sacred Time

Historia de una familia italoamericana a lo largo de los años y cómo algunos de ellos han ido afrontando la vida tras un hecho dramático. En algunos momentos pensaba que se me iba a hacer larga, pero en otros entraba tremendamente en la historia. Una historia muy cercana, de sentimientos, miedos, lazo......more

When I read Ursula Hegi's Stones from the River I assumed she must've been a German dwarf to be able to relate that story so convincingly; and now I can't believe she's not a New York Roman-Catholic Italian. Hegi manages to sound more authentic New York Roman-Catholic Italian than my husband's actua......more

Toward the end of this novel one of the characters says "I suspect what continues to harm long beyond the act of violence in the silence." The act of violence happens early in the story and so the majority of the book is about how the characters live inside their own silences after the event--and ho......more

Hegi has a great way with words -- especially stream-of-consciousness type words. Her stuff is really hard to beat in terms of character development and general flow of the story. I particularly liked how she began with "Anthony's" story, went through the stories of the women in his life, and then e......more

Since I loved Stones from the River so much, I thought I might enjoy another Hegi book. It took me a long time to make my way past the beginning of this book. While I enjoyed the stories of family, and was moved by the pain of carrying secrets, I found this book a bit too heavy and slow at times. He......more