Reinbou, Pedro Cabiya
Reinbou, Pedro Cabiya
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Reinbou
A Novel

Author: Pedro Cabiya, Jessica Powell

Narrator: Angela Juarez

Unabridged: 6 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/24/2024


Synopsis

The basis of the 2017 film adaptation by Andrés Curbelo and David Maler.

In 1976 Santo Domingo, Ángel Maceta uncovers the real story behind the murder of his father, Puro Maceta, ten years prior. In the process, events that unfolded during and after the war are revealed, unleashing a series of small revolutions in his community that in turn unravel other intrigues of what really took place during the Civil War of 1965.

Weaving together the brutal realities of war with the innocence of childhood imagination, Reinbou explores this era in Dominican society, a time when the United States sent Marines into the country to back a coup against Juan Bosch, the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic since the end of the brutal, three-decade-long dictatorship of the genocidal Rafael Trujillo. Moving between 1965 and 1976, we follow the revolutionary efforts of Puro and the transformative, feverish adventures of Ángel.

Told through the eyes of a child and a varied cast of friends, family, and neighbors, Reinbou explores the consequences of political and societal upheaval, corruption, and violence in modern Dominican society.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ruben on April 09, 2024

This is something of a cross between the TV-series Narcos and Mario Vargas Llosa (unfortunately not in terms of literary merit though). It builds a hyper-convoluted plot around the American intervention in the Dominican Republic during the Cold War (1965). The narrative is action-packed and politica......more

Goodreads review by Kate on December 13, 2023

What an utterly amazing novel. This was one of those "where have you been hiding" moments that I get very rarely. In the blurb it suggests the this novel is Dominicana crossed with Woman of Light. I've not read the latter but this book is nothing like Dominicana. Reinbou is split into two timelines......more

Goodreads review by Sixto on August 21, 2018

Tremenda novela de parte del gran Cabiya. ¡Qué claje e' narrador carajo! Esta novela me ha dejado boquiabierto con la majestuosidad con la que Cabiya narra. Hace y deshace, va pa' atrás y pa' lante en el tiempo, hace foreshadowing, guiños, conexiones chulas con los personajes que rodea la historia,......more

Goodreads review by Ally on July 14, 2024

Update: this may make it into my top 10 books of the year. I personally love unreliable narrators, and books that focus on perspective and translation. Here is a favorite quote: “And Imna thinks that maybe we all have a part of our brain that sabotages us, that holds us back, that throws sand in the......more

Goodreads review by Mariel on June 04, 2019

Que alegría este libro, con descripciones creativas y personajes memorables. El libro narra una historia en diferentes tiempos: en 1965, en 1976 y el tiempo del narrador. Lo que por un momento pensé era el narrador rompiendo la 4ta barrera, era su propia historia. Cabiya toca la guerra de abril, el p......more