Someone said in print that the atmosphere of hiddenness in María fairly begs the reader to analyze it.
I note that the only white women in this novel are Efraín’s blood relatives — to the extent that they are white. To what extent does this matter or not, or rather how does it matter, given the Hispanic racial order?
Then there is the yes-and-no factor, is it or is it not? Is María Efraín’s sister, or not? Christian or not? Jewish, or not? White, or not? Available, or not?
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 