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A review by karenholmes
Jo, Tituba, la bruixa negra de Salem by Maryse Condé
5.0
Tituba was a real woman who lived in the town of Salem around 1692 and accused other women of witchery. But we didn't know much about her story, of why she did what she did because she is the least known of them all. Why is that? She was black so, she wasn't as important.
Maryse Conde recovers what little she has gathered from historians and builds a story around her figure, she makes her travel from Barbados to Boson and then Salem just to come back where she started. A life of slavery and suffering that ends as tragically as it did most of the times. But the voyage is so worth it. Exploring themes such as racism and patriarchy Maryse Condé builds a story of a strong woman who suffered but discovered little pleasures and at the end fought all the odds that came to her and tried to remain faithful to herself.
CATALÀ
Quina meravella d'edició ens han portat Tigre de Paper! I quina gran història! Com deia a dalt en anglès, la Tituba es una dona negra que va nèixer esclava a Barbados a mitjans dels 1600 i que va viatjar a Boston i desprès al poble de Salem per tornar a la seva Barbados natal. Fou una de les bruixes del judici de Salem però poc en sabem d'ella. Així que la Maryse Conde juga amb el que ha trobat i ens explica una història de patiment i plaer, de lluita i de sometiment.
Tota la seva vida està feta de patiment però també de moments per apreciar la vida i els petits plaers que proporciona.
Maryse Conde recovers what little she has gathered from historians and builds a story around her figure, she makes her travel from Barbados to Boson and then Salem just to come back where she started. A life of slavery and suffering that ends as tragically as it did most of the times. But the voyage is so worth it. Exploring themes such as racism and patriarchy Maryse Condé builds a story of a strong woman who suffered but discovered little pleasures and at the end fought all the odds that came to her and tried to remain faithful to herself.
CATALÀ
Quina meravella d'edició ens han portat Tigre de Paper! I quina gran història! Com deia a dalt en anglès, la Tituba es una dona negra que va nèixer esclava a Barbados a mitjans dels 1600 i que va viatjar a Boston i desprès al poble de Salem per tornar a la seva Barbados natal. Fou una de les bruixes del judici de Salem però poc en sabem d'ella. Així que la Maryse Conde juga amb el que ha trobat i ens explica una història de patiment i plaer, de lluita i de sometiment.
Tota la seva vida està feta de patiment però també de moments per apreciar la vida i els petits plaers que proporciona.