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The Storyteller's Death : A Novel - Ann Davila Cardinal

The Storyteller's Death

A Novel

By: Ann Davila Cardinal

Paperback | 4 October 2022 | Edition Number 1

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From International Latino Book Award-winning author Ann D vila Cardinal comes a gorgeously written family saga about a Puerto Rican woman who finds herself gifted (or cursed?) with a strange ability.

There was always an old woman dying in the back room of her family's house when Isla was a child...

Isla Larsen Sanchez's life begins to unravel when her father passes away. Instead of being comforted at home in New Jersey, her mother starts leaving her in Puerto Rico with her grandmother and great-aunt each summer like a piece of forgotten luggage.

When Isla turns eighteen, her grandmother, a great storyteller, dies. It is then that Isla discovers she has a gift passed down through her family's cuentistas. The tales of dead family storytellers are brought back to life, replaying themselves over and over in front of her.

At first, Isla is enchanted by this connection to the Sanchez cuentistas. But when Isla has a vision of an old murder mystery, she realizes that if she can't solve it to make the loop end, these seemingly harmless stories could cost Isla her life.

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Industry Reviews
"A beautiful book about family, memories, and the power of stories." - BuzzFeed

"Mystical, masterful storytelling." - Ms. Magazine

A combination of magical realism, terror, and mystery, all wrapped in a shroud of family secrets and dubious honor...Toni Morrison fans will particularly enjoy the otherworld-tinged drama. - First Clue

A stunning, magic-infused tale of family ties and secrets....Cardinal's storytelling prowess shines in this beautifully imagined and multilayered story, as do her fully developed characters. Fans of sweeping family sagas will enjoy every page. - Publishers Weekly, STARRED review

Ann Davila Cardinal is back to captivate us with The Storyteller's Death, a striking novel about secrets so restless they're dangerous. Isla, the book's spirited protagonist, will endear herself to all of those who have stumbled upon those terrible truths that make our beloved families that much more complicated, flawed, and human. - Rigoberto Gonzalez, author and literary critic

Ann Davila Cardinal writes with the razored clarity of a surgeon, the spare and evocative beauty of a poet, and the immensely compelling passion of a natural born storyteller. I will gratefully read anything she writes! - Andre Dubus III, New York Times author of House of Sand and Fog

If it's mystical, masterful storytelling you crave this month, you'll want to pick up award-winning writer Cardinal's latest, which explores themes of loss, blessings, ancestry and mystery. - Ms. Magazine

In Ann Davila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death, nothing can stop the cuentistas in the Sanchez family from telling their stories, not even death. I found myself captivated by the young Isla Sanchez and enthralled by the secrets of Isla's ancestors. Like the Sanchez family, Cardinal is a gifted cuentista and The Storyteller's Death is a welcome addition to Puerto Rican storytelling. - Marisel Vera, author of The Taste of Sugar

So compelling, unique, and lyrically written, and everything about it was fabulous - the characters, the vivid setting, and the creative storyline. I felt like I visited Puerto Rico. - The Buzz magazines

Wonderfully rich and layered. The multilayered twists intertwining Isla's more traditional coming-of-age journey with her discovery that she comes from a long line of cuentistas, or storytellers who experience visions, is well handled and evenly balanced. - Paste Magazine

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