Word: tracee
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite the book's intellectual challenges, Divina Trace should hold readers' interest throughout. Divina Trace contains so much literary complexity--numerous, seemingly disparate themes; varied, contradictory voices and perspective; and a hopelessly confusing chronology--that Robert Antoni's ability to keep it from sinking is quite an accomplishment. He succeeds in forging an enthralling novel out of what could have become a literary disaster...
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Moreover, the weighty themes can be overwhelming, both in number and profundity--nothing is easy in Divina Trace. However, the voices that speak are rich and engaging enough to prevent losing the reader's interest. They are voices a reader can hear if he or she makes the effort to listen, and what they say is both important and original...
...voice of the ghost of Magdalena, one of the seven narrators, acts as the foundation of Divina Trace. Magdalena Divina, her memory residing in a holy statue of a black madonna, tells her version of the legend to Johnny Domingo. During her account, another narrator intervenes and takes over the story...
Even so, these books address major concerns and trace them over long periods, and thus warrant the attention of the interested specialist and the passionate amateur alike...