The House on the Beach

by Juan García Ponce

Book Overview

Like waves ebbing and flowing, love surges and subsides among four friends who share a vacation at the house on the beach. As they navigate the seas of love and friendship, jealousy and unfaithfulness, Elena, Marta, Eduardo, and Rafael are swept up in the opposing currents that flow between security and personal freedom, marriage and sexual liberation, family and work, provincial and city life, and traditional and unconventional gender roles.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029272764X
• ISBN13: 9780292727649
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

La casa en la playa

I've read this book in spanish so i can't judge the work of the translators. In this novel García Ponce tell the story from a woman's point of view: she's the one who narrates and the facts come from her. I think the main characters, i'm thinking of the two women, are portrayed with great insight and knowledge of the female mind, or what it was in the mexican mid-sixties. This is really important since García Ponce is considered by some as a writer who portrays women only as sexual objects. One has to think if this is bad in itself but there's no doubt that the author has great taste when referring to sex and his works are the product of great art and craftsmanship. This is a very good book, it won't let you down and you'll meet an excellent mexican writer.