A young woman sets out on a mission to free her cousin from a dangerous living situation in a crumbling family mansion in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's new novel, “Mexican Gothic.” What ensues is an inspired mash-up of “Jane Eyre” and “Dracula.”
— are almost always about escape. Run away! Run away from demons and haunted houses; from graveyards and ghouls; from racism and sexism.
Social criticism is embedded within the Gothic formula, a truth that Silvia Moreno-Garcia certainly appreciates. Her new novel,, is a ghastly treat to read, but this supernatural escape tale isn't simply escapist. Set in Mexico in 1950, when women weren't yet allowed to vote,explores how, for its independent female characters, marriage threatens to be a premature burial.is Noemí Taboada, a beautiful socialite given to wearing luscious full-skirted purple gowns and good furs.
Glittering as she is, however, Noemí harbors ambitions to attend the National University for a masters in anthropology. Of course, her parents object. But, one night her father summons her home early from a party to offer her a deal: A year ago, Noemí's orphaned cousin, Catalina, impulsively married a man from an old Anglo family who made their fortune long ago in silver mining.
Noemí's father assumes this is just another case of female hysteria, but he doesn't want the family name sullied by a divorce. He orders Noemí to travel to her cousin and calm her down. In return, he'll consider allowing Noemí to attend the university. Noemí sets out on a mission to prove her worth to her father.
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