Women with Big Eyes

By Ángeles Mastretta

Book Overview

Women with Big Eyesis Mexican novelist ?ngeles Mastretta's most widely read work, now available for the first time in an English translation. Each of the stories in Women with Big Eyesreveals a different woman, yet they are linked by a single thread: the uniting revelation that women share an unnamed force, whether it comes in the form of iron resolve, flaming passion, or simply the knowing and mystical ways to nurture a soul. Mastretta's women are vibrant, sly, wise, earthy, and full of life, with stories that mesmerize. From these pages, they gaze at you, into you, each representing an aspect of what it means to be a woman with big eyes-able to see the world for what it is, to wink at it, and to make an uncompromising life within it. ?ngeles Mastretta is a delightful storyteller, and these tales are shot through with sex and laughter. Women with Big Eyes makes a perfect, exquisite gift for any woman with a passionate heart and radiant eyes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573223468
• ISBN13: 9781573223461
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.9" x 1.3" x 5.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Character sketches painted with words.

I love this book. It's a powerful sketchbook of characters. The author introduces each of these characters and makes them so interesting that you just can't stop reading about them. The stories are short and tasty. There are three things about this book that I find amazing: 1. The writing is as beautiful as it is sensual. Extremely well done. 2. It is the first book I've read that contained both an English translation and the original Spanish text since my high school Spanish teacher handed me "Don Quixote". "Women with Big Eyes" isn't the classic that "Don Quixote" is, but it is a lot more fun to read. 3. I fished this brand new book out of the bargain bin in a WalMart store for three dollars. That makes it one of the best reads for the money I've found all year.

Women with big Eyes

Short stories and big messages. You don't need more. I love this book!

magic

Clicheed? Maybe, but only in the sense that all stories are merely reworkings of previously existing stories. It is the author's pulchritudinous style that makes each of these vignettes riveting, insightful, unforgettable, and one of my personal favorites. Read this book if you want to remember that magic exists in the guise of a woman.

MUJERES DE OJOS GRANDES

Great book with short stories about strong women. An incredible view of different Mexican women mainly from the colonial and conservative city of Puebla and their encounter with life and destiny.

El libro describe a la mujer en cuerpo, alma y corazon.

Retrata perfectamente, a la mujer, su valentia para enfrentar la vida, sus limitaciones en la sociedad, sus pasiones,sus rencores, sus odios, sus amores y sus suenos, sin importar clase social,raza,educacion; porque al fin y al cabo es mujer y punto.