El murmullo de las abejas / The Murmur of Bees (Paperback)

from lynelle.clark.5

I am not a big fan of translated stories but since I cannot speak Mexican, I had to trust my gut about this book. It was recommended to me by Goodreads and thought why not. Let me expand my knowledge. I was not disappointed. Simonopio's story is written with so much empathy and understanding that...

from witchyrichy

The Murmur of Bees has been on my Kindle for a long time. I was prompted to finally read it as part of the Kindle challenge for Hispanic Heritage Month. And what a book: historical fiction set during the Mexican Revolution, focusing on the time period when Mexico was also ravaged by the flu. It i...

from brangwinn

If this book didn't receive an award for translation, it should. When an old nana at a Mexican hacienda finds an abandoned baby with a misshapen mouth who is covered with bees, Nana refuses to leave the baby. She takes him home, where the rancher's owner and wife become his godparents and underta...

from teachlz

Linda's Book Obsession Reviews "The Murmur of Bees" by Sofia Segovia, Amazon Crossing, April 2019 (Translated by Simon Bruni) Sofia Segovia has written a captivating, intense, intriguing, and thought-provoking novel. The Genres for this novel are Fiction, and Historical Fiction as researched and ...

from tangledthread

Set in Monterrey, Mexico beginning in the early twentieth century, this historically informed piece of fiction is beautifully written. It begins during the Mexican Revolution, when an old wet nurse (nana) on a large hacienda finds an abandoned baby boy with a cleft palate who is surrounded by bee...