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1950s: Three women’s stories merge to form a narrative of Colombian history
December Breeze
What you need to know before your trail
From her home in Paris, Lina recalls the story of three women whose lives unfold in the conservative city of Barranquilla in Colombia. Amongst parties at the Country Club and strolls along the promenade in Puerto Colombia, unfurls a story of sensuality supressed by violence; a narrative of oppression in which Dora, Catalina and Beatriz are victims of a patriarchal system living in and among the fragile threads of the fabric of society.
In Lina’s obsessive recounting of the past, this masterful novel transforms anecdotes of a life into an absolute view of the world, a profound panorama of Colombian society towards the end of the 50s.
Written from personal memories and historical research, this is a novel that is both precise and poetic, a novel that immortalises―from the distant perspective of its narrator―the events that took place in a small seaside town.
Travel Guide
Barranquilla, Mexico
Barranquilla is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is the largest city in the Caribbean Coast region.
From the 1960s until the early 1980s, the city plunged into an economic decline. The city’s expansion to reach neighboring towns led to the creation of the Metropolitan Area of Barranquilla in 1981.
In the book we see how it is a man’s world:
“Because men never escaped the law of the father, and if, compelled by a kind of feminine intelligence, they revolted against their father in one moment, they would return full of remorse the next, anxious to bow to his authority.”
Booktrailer Review
TheBookTrail’s bookreview of December Breeze Marvel Moreno
BookTrail Boarding Pass: December Breeze
Destination/location: Barranquilla, Colombia Author/guide: MArvel Moreno Departure Time: various
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