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Romance, terror, and the supernatural in Isabel Cañas' debut novel 'The Hacienda'
Romance, terror, and the supernatural in Isabel Cañas' debut novel 'The Hacienda'
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9 minutes
Released:
May 11, 2022
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Podcast episode
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In the aftermath of the Mexican war for independence, a new bride finds herself alone in a haunted house surrounded by people who don't believe her. It's the plot of Isabel Cañas' debut novel The Hacienda, where she blends romance, terror, and the supernatural to tell a story highly embedded with Mexican culture. In an interview with Weekend Edition Sunday, Cañas told Ayesha Rascoe about the themes she wanted to explore in her novel – colonialism, social status, the syncretism of Catholicism and indigenous practices – and her own fear of darkness.
Released:
May 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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