Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution and the devastating influenza of , The Murmur of Bees captures both the fate of a country in flux and the destiny of one family that has put their love, faith, and future in the unbelievable.5/5(2). · The Murmur of Bees is a historical fiction novel by Mexican author Sofia Segovia, her first to be translated into English. The novel is set in Northern Mexico in the early 20th century amidst the Mexican Revolution and the deadly Spanish flu pandemic. The story follows the lifetime of the Morales family of landowners/5. The Murmur of Bees - Sofia Segovia quantity. Add to cart. SKU: Category: Books. Description Reviews (0) From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel—her first to be translated into English—about a mysterious child with the power to change a family’s history in a country on the verge of revolution.
Segovia's characters are incredibly well woven and their lives just pulled so hard at my heartstrings. I can't think of anything I've ever read that can be compared to The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia. It was an incredibly beautiful read with a small fantastical twist. The Murmur of Bees is the suspense, paranormal, thriller, fiction, thriller and redemption novel that contains the Sofia Segovia is the author of this fascinating novel. She is the bestselling author in New York Times. Nana Reja, Simonopio and Beatriz Morales are the important characters of the story. Sofía Segovia's book is set in the fertile fields and rugged hillsides of Mexico, during a tumultuous epoch in the early s. So it seems fitting that the enchanting Mexican novel, "The Murmur of Bees," a much-loved work by Sofía Segovia should be arriving in an English translation in sync with.
The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Segovia, Sofía. The Murmur of Bees. Translated by Simon Bruni, AmazonCrossing, The Murmur of Bees began on an October morning in Nana Reja, the wet-nurse for two generations of the Morales family, lived on Hacienda La Amistad, now owned by Francisco Morales. The Murmur of Bees is a gorgeous story wrapped in exquisite story-telling and as the author says, it’s a chance to travel across the border into northeast Mexico and get to know and feel a piece of her world. Resources. Enjoy an interview with Sofía Segovia. In this particular interview you can hear Segovia expressing the importance of fiction sharing reality and in particular sharing the story of remembrance. “The Murmur of Bees by Mexican writer Sofía Segovia is the rare novel in historical fiction, realistically framed within historical events—the Mexican Revolution, the Spanish flu—and, at the same time, filled with preternatural circumstances and fantastic characters that have earned Segovia comparisons with magical realism writers such as Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende.
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