Ca'd'Zan Jack Kersh 9781482714494 Books
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A boy and his dog confront the very real horrors of modern-day slavery in Brazil. An epic tale of adventure. By the author of "Natalya" and "Hotel Sarajevo"
Ca'd'Zan Jack Kersh 9781482714494 Books
This is a tale of transformation. It is the story of Lano, a boy on the cusp of manhood, his dog Ca'd'Zan, a discarded puppy, and Yara, an Indian girl who is the bringer of deliverance.The action is set in remote equatorial Brazil, where vast soybean plantations eat like a cancer into the Amazon rainforest. Drawn by poverty and hunger, Lano migrates to one such plantation, also named Ca'd'Zan ("House of John" in dialect). Lured by the promise of honest work, be finds himself forced into slavery and assigned to a work gang of other hapless victims. There is no escape, and a darkness of spirit creeps like a miasma over his future.
The whole plantation is under the thumb of remorseless John One, and everyone is subject to his malign eccentricities. I'm reminded of Joseph Conrad's character, Kurtz, from Heart of Darkness.
The only sunshine on the scene is embodied in the mysterious Angelina Bonita, daughter of John One's housekeeper. She is dubiously promised in matrimony to John's son, the scheming, narcissistic John Two.
Early in the story Lano and the dog are walking along the jungle edge when the dog lunges and kills a deadly pit viper that lies in the path of an unsuspecting Indian girl, Yara, who emerges out of a swarm of butterflies. Seeing all this her father, a tribal shaman, reverently touches Lano, head and heart, with his medicine staff, thus bringing him under protection by tribal spirits.
Time passes. Eventually, the candle flame of hope at the plantation is extinguished with the beautiful Angelina Bonita's descent into madness. With this, Lano gathers courage to take the dog and run for it into the jungle. Thus Yara, the Indian girl, comes into the picture in a decisive way...
This book has voice. As Lano narrates, I found myself reading in a Portuguese accent. Kersh really nails the Latin American worldview. Especially moving was the narration about the magic lantern his father makes for Lano to console him after the death of his mother. Spinning the outer shell makes the little painted figures come to life, reminiscent of Indonesian Bon Raku. It is as original a motif as Eudora Welty's paper windmill that the impoverished old lady holds out on the palm of her hand to the invalid child (from "A Worn Path"). This is an energetic, seamlessly unfolding novel in the tradition of Latin American magical realism. The result is a great read.
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Ca'd'Zan Jack Kersh 9781482714494 Books Reviews
This is a tale of transformation. It is the story of Lano, a boy on the cusp of manhood, his dog Ca'd'Zan, a discarded puppy, and Yara, an Indian girl who is the bringer of deliverance.
The action is set in remote equatorial Brazil, where vast soybean plantations eat like a cancer into the rainforest. Drawn by poverty and hunger, Lano migrates to one such plantation, also named Ca'd'Zan ("House of John" in dialect). Lured by the promise of honest work, be finds himself forced into slavery and assigned to a work gang of other hapless victims. There is no escape, and a darkness of spirit creeps like a miasma over his future.
The whole plantation is under the thumb of remorseless John One, and everyone is subject to his malign eccentricities. I'm reminded of Joseph Conrad's character, Kurtz, from Heart of Darkness.
The only sunshine on the scene is embodied in the mysterious Angelina Bonita, daughter of John One's housekeeper. She is dubiously promised in matrimony to John's son, the scheming, narcissistic John Two.
Early in the story Lano and the dog are walking along the jungle edge when the dog lunges and kills a deadly pit viper that lies in the path of an unsuspecting Indian girl, Yara, who emerges out of a swarm of butterflies. Seeing all this her father, a tribal shaman, reverently touches Lano, head and heart, with his medicine staff, thus bringing him under protection by tribal spirits.
Time passes. Eventually, the candle flame of hope at the plantation is extinguished with the beautiful Angelina Bonita's descent into madness. With this, Lano gathers courage to take the dog and run for it into the jungle. Thus Yara, the Indian girl, comes into the picture in a decisive way...
This book has voice. As Lano narrates, I found myself reading in a Portuguese accent. Kersh really nails the Latin American worldview. Especially moving was the narration about the magic lantern his father makes for Lano to console him after the death of his mother. Spinning the outer shell makes the little painted figures come to life, reminiscent of Indonesian Bon Raku. It is as original a motif as Eudora Welty's paper windmill that the impoverished old lady holds out on the palm of her hand to the invalid child (from "A Worn Path"). This is an energetic, seamlessly unfolding novel in the tradition of Latin American magical realism. The result is a great read.
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