Jose Builds a Woman

By Jan Baross

Book Overview

FIRST PLACE FOR FICTION"Jose Builds a Woman"- first place for fiction. Urusla LeGuin says,"Let Baross take you on a wild ride through an extravagantly carnal Mexico of the imagination.A winner Mesmerizing Stunning Elegant Captivating Powerful Lush Magical realism that seduces the reader from beginning to end The most incredible love story imaginable.URSULA K. LE GUIN says: "What a romp Let Baross take you for a wild ride...through an extravagantly carnal Mexico of the imagination."JOSE BUILDS A WOMAN is a camel gallop through one of the most outrageous love stories ever told. The multi-layered saga revolves around a sensual outcast, Tortugina, the queen of bad love and Gabito, a jealous octopus diver. Tortugina's pursuit of a forbidden dream endangers everything: her life, Gabito's life, the life of her husband and her son, Jose, a boy obsessed with marrying a nun. Against all odds, through murder and extraordinary sexual encounters, Tortugina never abandons her dream.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0985530308
• ISBN13: 9780985530303
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Baross Media
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Phenomenal writing, fantastic story

Read in one sitting- absolutely rich and funny and heart breaking and vivid -- touches on all the tastes... just rich storytelling. The author isn't lazy - every turn of phrase is delectable. Has a personality of it's own. You can't help but be drawn into the world the author's created - life feels boring once you are finished.

Very imaginative page turner!

I was fascinated with this book. It's the first book in a long time that I couldn't put down! It's very imaginative. I thought the characters were well developed, especially José and his mother.

Wild Ride

Tortugina's startling adventures from her life in the diving village of El Pulpo to her husband's village of circus freaks is a story of heartbreak and hillarity. Tortugina, whose destiny is to make those around her weep for not wanting her as she is, learns the dance between love and self-realization. Baross's prose is a delicious braid of poetry, magic and earthiness. Her storytelling keeps you turning the pages. This is a must-read.

Well Written!!!

These are magical lives so vividly written as to take the reader into their world. The writer has written with lyrical wonder a culturally rich landscape. I can't wait to read her next book!

A Magical Masterpiece

Please do yourself a favor and buy this book. Then let Jan Baross take you on a lyrical journey into the lives of Jose, and his wonderfully flawed and human mother, Tortugina. There world is one of precious green sea snails with strange curative powers, and family curses. Tortugina must try to please two husbands, one who is a ghost. All the people who populate this world, the relatives and the villagers, are both simple and wonderfully complex. This book keep me reading long into the night and the characters stay with me still.