Bombal, Maria Luisa. New Islands. New York: Farrar, Straus
& Giroux, 2003. (Paperback)
New Islands is written
by Maria Luisa Bombal, from Chile. She is one of South America’s most popular
authors. It is a fast paced book in the genre of psychological fiction. It
makes us reflect about the nature of our feelings. It is placed over four days.
Juan Manuel, a lawyer in Buenos Aires, drive to
a country estate , la Figura hacienda. They go to look at some new islands that
have emerged, and stay at Yolanda and Federico’s hacienda. Yolanda has a wild
dream in which she seduces Juan. The
next day she sees Juan but runs away, confusing him. Yolanda is beautiful but
strange. When Juan tells her she looks like a seagull, she faints. Yet the
novel continues to compare her to birds and gulls and the natural world of the
pampa. On the third day Juan at three in the morning. Yolanda is having another nightmare. On
the fourth day, he returns to Buenos Aires, but there are unanswered questions
for him to ponder.
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