Título: The Salt God's Daughter
Autor: Ilie Ruby
Sinopse: Set in Long Beach, California, beginning in the 1970s, The Salt God's Daughter follows sisters Ruthie and Dolly as they struggle for survival in a place governed by an enchanted ocean and exotic folklore. Guided by a mother who navigates their lives by her imagined, elaborately-told stories of the full moons drawn from The Old Farmer's Almanac, the two girls are often homeless, often on their own, fiercely protective of each other, and unaware of how far they have drifted from traditional society as they carve a real life from their mother's stories. Caught up in the riptide of a culture that both demonizes and glorifies female sexuality, the early death of their mother leads them to run wild at night in the search for belonging and love. In time, Ruthie reaches the first real home she has ever known, Wild Acres, an old hotel on the beach surrounded by glowing tides and the spirits of sea animals, which she calls the sisters. There, she falls in love with a mysterious man of the ocean. Ruthie's daughter, Naida, is born into this magical landscape with a secret she tries to keep hidden. Bullied by her peers, she embarks on the search to uncover the true source of her gifts and her secrets. Imbued with a Scottish folktale and hints of Jewish mysticism, The Salt God's Daughter examines the tremulous ties between generations, the power of stories and inherited memory, and the enduring strength of maternal love that transcends the limitations of this world and beyond.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Salt God’s Daughter”, de Ilie Ruby, publicado pela editora Soft Skull Press, em 2012 e com 352 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Soft Skull Press
Páginas: 352
Ano: 2012
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 1619020025
ISBN13: 9781619020023
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Soft Skull Press costumam apresentar narrativas que exploram tensões sociais e culturais contemporâneas, muitas vezes com personagens imersos em contextos urbanos e globais em transformação. A leitura revela um olhar atento para questões políticas, identitárias e históricas, com textos que transitam entre o ensaístico, o ficcional e o memorialístico. O catálogo traz obras que misturam o pessoal e o coletivo, com histórias que dialogam com temas como imigração, subculturas juvenis, desigualdade econômica e movimentos sociais. O tom varia entre o crítico e o sensível, com ritmo que ora privilegia a reflexão, ora a imersão em experiências de vida e trajetórias individuais.
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