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In The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, Oscar Hijuelos brings to life the rambunctious Montez O'Brien family. In a small Pennsylvania town, Nelson O'Brien runs the Jewel Box Movie Theater, raising 14 daughters and a son with his wife, Mariela Montez. Through the eyes of Margarita, the eldest daughter, the lives, loves and tragedies of the Montez O'Briens and their complex family relationships unfold. While reflecting on the life of Emilio, her doggedly masculine brother, Margarita also ruminates on the nature of femininity, family, sex, love and earthly happiness. Her musings recall exhilarating adventures, eliciting tears and laughter, and tenderly reveal the bounteous heart of a warm, passionate family. At once lush, erotic and gorgeously written, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien is a masterwork by one of America's greatest writers.
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Kev Black
reviewed The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien on October 19, 2012
The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien
I kept wanting this book to have the magical writing of Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende. But it felt as if I were reading a book made up entirely of exposition, which is, perhaps, why I never attached to the book, never felt anxious to return to it, but instead plodded from section to section. It is a traditional family saga, and there are some lovely moments, but the rapid lift from character to character never let me sink into any of the individuals, never developing beyond the rote list of characteristics Hijuelos assigned them.
I do look forward to the novel I've heard more about, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love--I like the reviews, saying the writing is "lyric and literary." This one, literary, sure, but not so very lyric.
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