Did the book add any new information or perspectives to your understanding of the U.S. immigration system? If you have read other fiction that focuses on immigration, how does Of Women and Salt compare?
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Did the book add any new information or perspectives to your understanding of the U.S. immigration system? If you have read other fiction that focuses on immigration, how does Of Women and Salt compare?
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I enjoyed this novel and the way it tied the characters together, it did make me think about immigration in a different way. I have never before thought that an immigrant would lose the connection to their home country and really not feel at home anywhere. I enjoyed Women and Salt for the strength and variety of its characters. American Dirt was a much different read. Both were worthwhile.
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While the book added little to the understanding of the US Immigration system per se, it gave a decidedly female perspective to the multitude of difficulties women face. We get to experience the back side of immigration- what happens after someone is here. Gloria’s deportation story was not something I have read before and Ana’s story puts a new spin on the Cuban diaspora. Each woman is a victim and the structure of this novel makes each woman’s story more personal.
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Though it's a very different type of novel, Of Women and Salt reminded me of Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera, which I loved. Both books are strange and somewhat experimental in their approach, and I find that appropriate to exploring the absurdity of the U.S. immigration system as well as many of the odd and cruel ingrained realities of American life that can't be separated from the existence of that system.
I also agree with Elizabetta about the specific perspectives that Of Women and Salt explores. I don't think it's really possible to think about and understand immigration as a personal and cultural phenomenon without understanding the perspectives of diaspora, second generation, etc.
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I much prefer nonfiction when it comes to immigration. I have read a number of nonfiction books that dealt with border crossing and ICE. I feel that in a nonfiction book you can learn about immigration - as each persons story seems to be a bit different. This book did not add anything to my awareness of immigration.
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