The Murmur of Bees -

Sofía Segovia

Amazon Crossing

2019

476 páginas

15h 52m

ISBN-10: 1542040493

From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees, little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition, a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by landowners Francisco and Beatriz Morales, who adopt him and care for him as if he were their own. As he grows up, Simonopio becomes a cause for wonder to the Morales family, because when the uncannily gifted child closes his eyes, he can see what no one else can—visions of all that’s yet to come, both beautiful and dangerous. Followed by his protective swarm of bees and living to deliver his adoptive family from threats—both human and those of nature—Simonopio’s purpose in Linares will, in time, be divined.

Resenhas (4)

4.5 (Muito bom)

"I’m also made of oranges"

Mesmo que para alguns a escrita possa parecer repetitiva e excessivamente descritiva, o ritmo da autora permitiu que eu entrasse nesse universo, criando uma aura mística e terna em volta do personagem principal: Simonópio. Todo o desenvolvimento dele, sua relação com os outros personagens (principalmente com o Francisco Júnior), suas escolhas, seus pensamentos, davam vontade de adiar cada vez mais o final inevitável (e previsível) do livro. The murmur of bees é um livro extremamente sensorial, que vai te fazer sentir cada página.

"I’m also made of oranges-green, sweet, or rotten; of orange-blossom honey and royal jelly. I’m made of everything that touched my senses during that time and entered the part of my brain where I keep my memories."