Irma Voth

Name: Irma Voth
Brand: Knopf Canada
SKU: 02080060

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2248486Irma Vothhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/irma-voth/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1867786/18c2cf53-2650-40d2-b5fe-d7a0dcc0ba32.jpg?v=638342094101070000231300MXNKnopf CanadaInStock/Ebooks/Miriam Toews is a master storyteller at the height of her powers, who manages with trademark wry wit and a fierce tenderness to be at once heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny in Irma Voth.Banished to a neighbouring farm for the sin of marrying a non-Mennonite Mexican, Irma Voth lives apart from the other Mennonites in her colony. Her new husband soon abandons her, and her only reprieve from isolation comes from the occasional secret visits of her younger sister Aggie and the little gifts sent by her mother. But change comes when a film crew from Mexico City moves into the empty house next to Irmas to make a film about Mennonites. Irma is hired on as translator and cook, and her involvement with the bohemian film crew sets her on a path that will push her into dangerous conflict with her strict, religious father, and out into the unfamiliar, exotic world of the big city.Brimming with Toewss dazzling wit, Irma Voth tells the story of a young womans turbulent journey towards self-discovery. Its a book that will grab you from the first page, and wont let go even after the last....2080060Irma Voth231300https://www.gandhi.com.mx/irma-voth/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1867786/18c2cf53-2650-40d2-b5fe-d7a0dcc0ba32.jpg?v=638342094101070000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20119780307400703_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_From the award-winning author of A Complicated Kindness comes a heart-wrenching yet wryly funny story about setting out on the road to self-discovery, and finding the strength to survive in the face of immeasurable loss.Nineteen-year-old Irma Voth lives in a Mennonite community in northern Mexico, surrounded by desert and both physically and culturally isolated from the surrounding towns and cities. Its been six years since her family up and left Canada to escape the prying eyes of the government and preserve their religious freedom, but Irma still misses the minor freedoms she had in their small town. She even misses the cold. This new life has not been an easy one, and Irma finds herself deserted by her husband of one year, who has left to pursue a life of drug-running, instead of working her familys farm. The most devastating blow for Irma is that he didnt take her with him, take her away, so now shes left to live under her fathers domineering rule alone.Things change for Irma when a film crew moves into the empty house next door. Theyve come to make a movie about the Mennonite community, and have made a deal with Irmas father to stay on their land. The director enlists Irma to work for them as a translator, as she can speak not only Spanish and English but Plattdeutsch, or Low German, the language of her people. At first bemused by the ragged and absurd crewmembers, Irma comes to embrace the passion and creative freedom of their world but in doing so brings on the wrath of her father, who is determined to keep her from it at all costs. When Irmas thirteen-year-old sister Aggie begins to come by and spend time with the crew, their father is sent over the edge with rage, and Irma is forced to make a hard decision to save not only herself, but her younger sister, and to break the dark chain of violence holding her family.The girls flee to the capital, Mexico City, not knowing where theyll find food or shelter, let alone build a life, but knowing for the first time that they are free to make that choice. And even as they begin to understand the truth of the tragedy that has their family in its grip, Irma and Aggie use their love as a source of strength to help each other move on from their past lives and work toward a future that can truly become anything they want it to be....(*_*)9780307400703_Miriam Toews is a master storyteller at the height of her powers, who manages with trademark wry wit and a fierce tenderness to be at once heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny in Irma Voth.Banished to a neighbouring farm for the sin of marrying a non-Mennonite Mexican, Irma Voth lives apart from the other Mennonites in her colony. Her new husband soon abandons her, and her only reprieve from isolation comes from the occasional secret visits of her younger sister Aggie and the little gifts sent by her mother. But change comes when a film crew from Mexico City moves into the empty house next to Irmas to make a film about Mennonites. Irma is hired on as translator and cook, and her involvement with the bohemian film crew sets her on a path that will push her into dangerous conflict with her strict, religious father, and out into the unfamiliar, exotic world of the big city.Brimming with Toewss dazzling wit, Irma Voth tells the story of a young womans turbulent journey towards self-discovery. Its a book that will grab you from the first page, and wont let go even after the last....9780307400703_Knopf Canadalibro_electonico_6dbde0d9-ef74-402a-82ef-4f4b1e181466_9780307400703;9780307400703_9780307400703Miriam ToewsInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-38f8fc28-8d92-4f0c-a86b-e0d0703825e8.epub2011-04-05T00:00:00+00:00Knopf Canada