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Fiction. Stark and resonant . . . Ms. Limon's prose is a self-assured and engrossing — New York Times Book Review. In a dramatic new work, novelist Graciela Limon tells a story of forbidden loves: A tale that spans across the twentieth century, across the Southwest from Mexico to Los Angeles, across skin colors, across the sexes, across religious boundaries, across life and death, and across four generations of a family named Betancourt.
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Jason Laflin
reviewed The Day of the Moon on March 26, 2012 The Day of the Moon
Tonight I heard Graciela Limon speak about her fiction writing. In response to a question from the audience she cited author Juan Rulfo as one of inspirations. Limon admires his spare prose -- each word chosen for precise effect and meaning. This exactly describes the stylistic power of "The Day of the Moon." It is beautifully concise and laden with meaning.
The tragic story is told from the perspective of multiple characters: Don Flavio Betancourt; his daughter Isadora; Ursula Santiago,a servant in Don Flavio's house; Brigida Betancourt, Don Flavio's sister; and Alondra, Isadora's daughter. The novel primarily explores issues related to prejudice against Mexicans who are predominantly Indian on the part of Mexicans who are predominantly European. Don Flavio's father was Spanish, but his mother was an Indian from Jalisco. Don Flavio's feelings of shame regarding his mother's indigenous background lead to tragedy, when his daughter falls in love with Jeronimo, a gifted Indian runner known as El Raramuri.
"The Day of the Moon" is relatively short, but Limon purposely pared her novel down to its essence. She creates believable characters with a few brushstrokes. As she passes the storytelling from character to character, the reader learns a little more. Don Flavio may be the most thoroughly unsympathetic and despicable fictional character I have encountered, but his life is so empty and sad that it's difficult to hate him.
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