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Nena, nena de mi corazón (Beloved, Beloved
of My Heart)
Nena, nena de mi corazón (Beloved, Beloved of My
Heart)
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation (see
Xlibris.com)
Type: Fiction (16 short stories)
Binding: Trade Paperback
Language: Spanish
Pages: 143
ISBN-13:
978-1-4257-3621-7
ISBN-10: 1-4257-3621-1
Review by Liliana Wendorff of the University of
North Carolina at Pembroke in Críticas Magazine -
February 2007 -
The book was reviewed by Criticas Magazine
(affiliated to Library Journal)
2/15/2007:
A recipient of prestigious literary
prizes-the Ateneo Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican
Athenean), the Chicano Latino Literary Prize, Voces
Selectas (Selected Voices), and the Poetry Prize awarded
by the University of Puerto Rico, among others-Puerto
Rican poet and short story writer Pastoriza Iyodo
["Cuestión de hombres" (Men's Matters"); Xlibris Corp.,
2006] has collaborated with and published in several
literary magazines. This latest fiction collection
centers on the displacement and alienation Latino
immigrants feel in diverse parts of the world. The 16
parts, which carry gentle, quotidian titles such as
"Miami mi amor" ("Miami My Love"), "Paseo Habanero"
("Havana Walk" ), "El parque de las palomas" ("Doves'
Park"), that evoke pleasant familiarity, are presented
in the form of vignettes, epistles, chronicles, or
commentaries. In spite of major hardships, the
characters keep on searching for a better life in places
that seem indifferent and even hostile. Women are
central to these tales. Particularly poignant is
"Beautiful," as the protagonist never loses hope of
having a glamorous life. She dresses her best to go
shopping, but readers will be shocked to discover where
she is shopping and who she really is. "El niño lleva su
sueño en su mochila" ("The Boy Carries His Dream in his
Backpack") is an eerie tale of a homeless boy who
carries his world in his backpack. The contrast of the
boy and his parents with passers-by strolling in the
park clearly shows the troubles of a displaced family.
This work questions the motives that lead people to
abandon their homelands and underlines the resiliency of
those who migrate to foreign lands in order to fulfill
their dreams. Recommended for bookstores and public
libraries. - Liliana Wendorff, Univ. of North Carolina
at Pembroke
Copyright (c) Reed Business Information,
a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
http://www.criticasmagazine.com
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Cuestión de
hombres (A Matter of Men) - 2nd Edition
Cuestión de hombres (A Matter of Men)
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation (see
Xlibris.com)
Type: Fiction (16 short stories)
Binding: Trade Paperback
Language: Spanish
Pages: 102
ISBN-13:
978-1-4257-3068-0
ISBN-10: 1-4257-3068-X
Cuestión de hombres... lays out,
in a poetic manner, in diaphanous language with
innovative and daring images, the evolution of man from
youth to adulthood, not defined by age, but through the
encounter with one’s self.
Heidi Ann García, Ph.D. – Chasqui,
Arizona State University
Cuestión de hombres by Benito
Pastoriza Iyodo appears to be an ironic and paradoxical
narrative against the poetic of masculine ritualization,
questioning those discourses that, with their
appropriate dispositives, define with a monological
posture the Puerto Rican subject from a unified
political, social and historical voice.
Carlos Manuel Rivera,
Ph.D. - Davidson College
García, Heidi Ann. Review:
Pastoriza Iyodo, Benito. Cuestión de hombres.
Bronx: Latino Press 1996. 79 pp. ISBN 1-884-91208-7.
Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana,
Vol. 35, Número 2, Nov. 2006, pp. 157-161.
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Cartas a la sombra de tu piel
(Letters to the shadow of your love)
Cartas a la sombra de tu
piel (Letters to the shadow of your love)
Publisher: Editorial
Tierra Firma (México, DF) 2002
Type: Poetry
Binding: Trade
Paperback
Language: Spanish
Pages: 80
ISBN-13:
978-970-93394-0-6
ISBN-10: 970-93394-0-0
Review
Excerpts:
El Día
- daily Spanish-language newspaper in Houston, TX
(translated excerpt) - "Short poems with the soul of the
Caribbean. … But one after the other, the verses uncover
new, different sensations, while transmitting vibrant
images when the words acquire their collective
significance in Spanish, English or both languages
alternating. Cartas a la sombra de tu piel
(Letters to the shadow of your love) breaks
with convention and dares to look at love from another
perspective, with the strength of an inner voice that
fights to make itself heard and it is successful. To do
this it does not resort to complicated turns of phrase,
but instead it is nurtured by everyday terms, bringing
to mind objects, situations, moments recreated in the
mind with astonishing simplicity and at the same time
manifesting all of the beauty of contemporary poetry."
Diálogo,
University of Puerto Rico (2003) (translated excerpt) -
"The poetic voice has transformed pain into truth,
strength and struggle, demonstrating lyrically the
authenticity of love."
El Vocero (newspaper) Puerto Rico
(2003) (translated excerpt) "This is a somber book, of
measured elegance, where the act of love is made word."
Caribbean Quarterly, Paulette
A. Ramsey. Review: Cartas a la sombra de tu
piel by Benito Pastoriza Iyodo. México:
Editoral Tierra Firme, 2002. 80 pp. , Vol. 51, No.
2, June 2005, pp. 100-105. - "Cartas a la
sombra de tu piel is an intriguing
addition to Spanish Caribbean poetry in general and
specifically to the area of queer theory, a contemporary
approach to literature and culture which developed out
of gay and lesbian criticism, and regards sexual
identities as fluid. It should provide interesting
reading and generate much discussion."
Other
Endorsements:
§ Nuevos
Tiempos magazine (Puerto Rico), Saliendo del
closet, Puerto Rican Radio interview, and
GayChile.com
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Elegías de septiembre (September Elegies)
Elegías de septiembre (September
Elegies)
Publisher: Editorial
Tierra Firma (México, DF) 2003
Type: Poetry
Binding: Trade
Paperback
Language: Spanish
Pages: 72
ISBN-13:
978-970-93394-1-3
ISBN-10: 970-93394-1-9
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