![]() ![]() ![]() The result is intoxicating, haunting and almost dreamlike (or perhaps nightmare-like). But Cañas supports every theme, every bump in the night and every character’s development with thorough research, beautiful, atmospheric prose, and velvety, sensual descriptions. The inclusion of these and other -isms may seem ambitious, especially for a debut author. While The Hacienda is set firmly in the past, even the most uninformed reader could draw comparisons to many of the issues plaguing America, Mexico and Latin America today, particularly with regard to colonialism and colorism. From the sinister ghostly presence to the ever-creeping horror and dread (oh yes, there are jump scares), and even the vivid, gorgeously rendered setting, the book draws upon centuries of gothic horror and elevates it with timely and poignant explorations of women’s rights (to live, to be heard and to be believed), racial and classist violence, and the privilege and cruelty of those who profit even during disasters. ![]()
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