6/10/2023 0 Comments Dominicana a novel by angie cruz![]() ![]() ![]() Its first-person protagonist, Ana Canción, is aware from very early on that “a ravenous world waits outside”, but for much of the novel she spends her life in a series of aggressively closed environments: first the strict family home she grows up in, and then the small New York apartment in which she finds herself when she marries at 15 a migrant worker in his thirties, Juan Ruiz. In many ways, too, Dominicana by Angie Cruz is the quietest, the most unassuming, of any of the six novels in contention. From pandemics to protests, much of what is currently vital is taking place far beyond the pages of literature. ![]() That I have now managed to reach a place where I can devote time and focus to books is a token of privilege more than it is any sort of personal victory. In spring, I went through a period myself in which I was unable to read a great deal of anything, much less a series of demanding fictions. The shortlist for this year’s Women’s Prize has been overtaken almost entirely by events: these six books demand more attention than many readers will have been able in this chaotic year to muster. What a curious time it is in which to read novels as if they matter. ![]()
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