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Literary icon Julia Alvarez returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling itself, destined to become an instant classic. At the heart of "The Cemetery of Untold Stories" is Alma Cruz, a celebrated writer who doesn't want to suffer the same fate as her friend, a novelist whose relentless efforts to finish a book threatened her sanity.
When Alma inherits a small plot of land in her homeland, the Dominican Republic, she has the brilliant idea of turning it into a resting place for her untold stories – literally. She creates a graveyard for her manuscript drafts, revisions, and the characters whose lives she failed to bring to life, yet who continue to haunt her.
Alma's hope is for her characters to find peace, but they have other plans. The cemetery becomes a mysterious sanctuary where their true narratives unfold, with Filomena, the local woman hired as the groundskeeper, becoming a sympathetic listener to their secret tales. Among them are Bienvenida, the abandoned second wife of dictator Rafael Trujillo, consigned to oblivion by history, and Manuel Cruz, a doctor who fought in the Dominican underground and escaped to the United States.
The characters defy their author, talking back to her and conversing with one another behind her back, rewriting and revising themselves. "The Cemetery of Untold Stories" poses the question: Whose stories get to be told, and whose remain buried? Ultimately, Alma finds the meaning she and her characters yearn for in the enduring vitality of storytelling.
Listeners of Isabel Allende's "Violeta" and Barbara Kingsolver's "Demon Copperhead" will be captivated by Alvarez's extraordinary new novel, which explores the themes of beauty and authenticity, reminding us that the stories of our lives are never truly finished, even at the end.
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