Mason, Daniel. A far country.MASON, Daniel. A far country. Read by Kate Reading. 7 cds. 8.5 hrs. Books on Tape. 2007. 978-1-4159-3600-9. $90.00. Vinyl; plot notes. SA In a mesmerizing mes·mer·ize tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es 1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" , semi-voiced narration, Reading tells the melancholy, often poetic, rather drawn-out story of Isabel and Isaias, a sister and brother from a dirt-poor village in the north of an unnamed Latin American country, who emigrate em·i·grate intr.v. em·i·grat·ed, em·i·grat·ing, em·i·grates To leave one country or region to settle in another. See Usage Note at migrate. to a big city in the south. Isaias, a fiddle player, leaves first to seek his fortune as a musician in a band. Later, Isabel, at 14, is sent to the city, since there is almost no food at home because of a severe drought, and her cousin Manuela needs a sitter for her baby while she is away all week working as a maid. Isabel dreads dreads pl.n. Informal Dreadlocks. leaving her village, but she has an unusually close bond with her brother and longs to be with him. When she finds he is no longer staying with their cousin, she spends months, with the baby on her hip, seeking him throughout the city. But although Isabel enjoys caring for the baby, makes a good female friend, and attracts a decent suitor SUITOR. One who is a party to a suit or action in court. One who is a party to an action. In its ancient sense, suitor meant one Who was bound to attend the county court, also, one who formed part of the secta. (q.v.) , her quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the Isaias dominates her life. With spirit and pride--she is never ashamed of being an unsophisticated country girl--she presses on, continuing her search, because her strong extrasensory perception extrasensory perception: see parapsychology. extrasensory perception (ESP) Perception that involves awareness of information about something (such as a person or event) not gained through the senses and not deducible from previous experience. tells her he is still somewhere in the city. Pat Dole, Richmond, VA S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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