La Montaña Invisible / The Invisible Mountain, (Paperback)

from MarciaDavis

The book starts off with a miracle. In the first day of the twentieth century a baby girl, who disappeared from a village after her mother died giving birth to her, was found on top of a tree, that little girl is named Pajarita (Little Bird) . The narrative spans 90 years or so, following the liv...

from Othemts

This excellent debut novel tells the story of three generations of women - Pajarita, Eva, and Salome - against the backdrop of Uruguayan history of the 20th century. The structure of a multi-generational family story that tells personal stories with an epic sweep is familiar in Latin American lit...

from amandacb

Really, quite a beautiful book (with a beautiful cover, too), about three generations of women. I found that as the generations went on the women became more unlikeable, until the last woman was someone I didn't really care much about, but the previous two women certainly made up for that pitfall...

from Soniamarie

This is an excellent debut novel. It addresses so many different family issues in each generation. Namely three generations spanning 90 years. The book is in three parts. Part one is Pajarita, part two is her daughter Eva, and part three is Salome, Pajarita's granddaughter. Pajarita's tale takes ...

from ZoharLaor

The book starts off with a miracle. In the first day of the twentieth century a baby girl, who disappeared from a village after her mother died giving birth to her, was found on top of a tree, that little girl is named Pajarita (Little Bird) and thus the story begins. The narrative spans 90 years...