So Far From God, Ana Castillo
So Far From God, Ana Castillo
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So Far From God

Author: Ana Castillo

Narrator: Frankie Corzo

Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2023

Synopsis

In Tome, a small, seemingly sleepy New Mexico hamlet, Sofia and her four fated daughters reveal a world of marvels where the comic and horrific, past and present, real and fantastic coexist and collide. Over two crowded decades, Sofia tries to hold things together following the disappearance of her husband, Domingo, he of the Clark Gable mustache and the uncontrollable gambling habit. Adventurous Esperanza, Chicana campus radical turned television news reporter, travels farthest from home only to be reeled back in spirit. Beautiful Caridad, a nurse who dulls the pain of being jilted with nightly bouts of alcohol and anonymous sex, finally finds love again?and a sharp drop off a tall cliff. Practical Fe, dutiful bank worker who wishes more than anything for stability, lets out a year-long primal scream upon being dumped by her fiancé. And mysterious La Loca, dies (maybe?) and is resurrected at age three, leaving her both attuned to higher spiritual frequencies and allergic to human touch. Exuberant and powerful, funny and profound, So Far from God is “a hymn to the endurance of women, both physical and spiritual” (Washington Post Book World).

About Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo is a celebrated and distinguished poet, writer, editor, playwright, translator, and visual artist. Her accolades include the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Fuller Award for Lifetime Achievement, and PEN Oakland Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. She has received a Lambda in fiction and nonfiction, NEA fellowships in fiction and poetry, and an American Book Award. She is the bestselling author of So Far from God and Sapogonia, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

About Frankie Corzo

Frankie Corzo is an experienced narrator and actress who spent her childhood performing in theater productions, commercials, films, and voiceovers. Born to Cuban immigrant parents, she narrates and acts in both Spanish and English. Her work has been added to numerous best of lists, including Audible's for 2017 and 2018. Born and raised in New Jersey, she currently splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jen on January 17, 2008

I loved this book. It's kind of magical realism for the North American feminist. Growing up in a catholic feminist family with my mom and 3 sisters and a dad who was there -- but not so much -- the story felt like a dramatic and whimsical telling of themes I've lived. Like Ana Castillo, I've lived i......more

Goodreads review by el on February 26, 2021

so far from god scratches all of my magical realist itches, particularly the strain of magical realism that is unique to xicana writers: matriarchs, medicine/brujería, food as a love language, and the sort of southwestern tongue born of borderland living. and yet, it fell short of my expectations in......more

Goodreads review by Agnė on February 06, 2016

WHAT IT IS ABOUT: “So Far From God” by Ana Castillo is a peculiar magical realism novel set in a small village of Tome in New Mexico. Abandoned by her gambling husband, Sofia single-handedly raises four daughters: Esperanza, an ambitious news reporter; Fe, a jilted bride suffering from a nervous brea......more

Goodreads review by Lupita on June 23, 2009

Siendo una fanatica del realismo mágico este libro fue un instante amor para mis ojos! es mi favorito libro y lo he leido mas de tres veces! Me encanta los remedios y tradicions que refleja la autora, las tradicions y la mezcla de ellas con una sociedad differente. Tambien me encanto los personajes......more

Goodreads review by Dave on March 07, 2010

This is a book that is much busier than it first appears. Castillo has written a novel that, on the surface, appears to be a kind of folksy, magical realism tale about a mother and the incredible fated lives of her four daughters. Below the surface we have a novel that intertwines Catholicism, indig......more

Quotes

Each chapter stands on its own as a complete story, but readers won't be satisfied until they've finished the entire skillfully constructed book.

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