Esto también es una casa es un tour de force entre un hijo y una madre, entre una casa y una ferretería, entre lo que tiene arreglo y lo que nunca lo tendrá, entre el dolor y la ternura, y entre la belleza y la violencia que implica vivir en el Caribe. Con una prosa limpia y exacta, profunda y sutil, esta novela pone en función aquel mandamiento de Nabokov: «acaricien los detalles, los divinos detalles».
«Cezanne Cardona es un escritor que rebasó la categoría de promesa: un escritor rotundo que merece leerse, aplaudirse, respetarse», Luis Rafael Sánchez.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Javi lives in a wooden house above the hardware store his mother runs. But depending on the weather, his grandfather, gunfire, or his father's fury, Javi's house might be up or down. Upstairs, his mother is called Pilar; downstairs, she's a Bonbon Girl. Upstairs, his father is a welding mask; downstairs, a ghost. Upstairs, Javi changes his grandfather's diapers; downstairs, he chases off his mother's suitors. Upstairs, he makes snow by rubbing foam blocks; downstairs, he builds a beach with sackfuls of sand. Upstairs, he's a cruel child; downstairs, a tender teenager. Upstairs, he's a gringo; downstairs, Puerto Rican.
This Too Is a House is a tour de force between a son and a mother, between a house and a hardware store, between what can be fixed and what never will be, between pain and tenderness, and between the beauty and violence of life in the Caribbean. With clean, precise, and subtle prose, this novel lives up to Nabokov’s commandment: “caress the details, the divine details.”
“Cezanne Cardona is a writer who has gone far beyond the category of promise: a powerful writer worthy of reading, applauding, and respecting,” —Luis Rafael Sánchez.
Esto también es una casa es un tour de force entre un hijo y una madre, entre una casa y una ferretería, entre lo que tiene arreglo y lo que nunca lo tendrá, entre el dolor y la ternura, y entre la belleza y la violencia que implica vivir en el Caribe. Con una prosa limpia y exacta, profunda y sutil, esta novela pone en función aquel mandamiento de Nabokov: «acaricien los detalles, los divinos detalles».
«Cezanne Cardona es un escritor que rebasó la categoría de promesa: un escritor rotundo que merece leerse, aplaudirse, respetarse», Luis Rafael Sánchez.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Javi lives in a wooden house above the hardware store his mother runs. But depending on the weather, his grandfather, gunfire, or his father's fury, Javi's house might be up or down. Upstairs, his mother is called Pilar; downstairs, she's a Bonbon Girl. Upstairs, his father is a welding mask; downstairs, a ghost. Upstairs, Javi changes his grandfather's diapers; downstairs, he chases off his mother's suitors. Upstairs, he makes snow by rubbing foam blocks; downstairs, he builds a beach with sackfuls of sand. Upstairs, he's a cruel child; downstairs, a tender teenager. Upstairs, he's a gringo; downstairs, Puerto Rican.
This Too Is a House is a tour de force between a son and a mother, between a house and a hardware store, between what can be fixed and what never will be, between pain and tenderness, and between the beauty and violence of life in the Caribbean. With clean, precise, and subtle prose, this novel lives up to Nabokov’s commandment: “caress the details, the divine details.”
“Cezanne Cardona is a writer who has gone far beyond the category of promise: a powerful writer worthy of reading, applauding, and respecting,” —Luis Rafael Sánchez.

Esto también es una casa (Novela) / This is Also a Home (A Novel)
144
Esto también es una casa (Novela) / This is Also a Home (A Novel)
144Paperback
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9786073931144 |
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Publisher: | Planeta Publishing Corporation |
Publication date: | 09/23/2025 |
Pages: | 144 |
Product dimensions: | 5.30(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d) |
Language: | Spanish |