The Skin of the Sky -- Book's Review

The Skin of the Sky by Elena Poniatowska is not only thought-provoking but also an intensive one, which sometimes is more realistic than romantic but at the same time gripping. This book is rooted in Lorenzo de Tena who is plagued by doubts regarding the cosmos, life and love. The story is well connected so as to understand both the born of science in a developing country and the incomprehensible world of feelings for a woman.

This novel is revolted around Lorenzo de Tena, who is not only a bright and obstinate man but also one who has his obscure human side where misanthropy and misoginism exist. Lorezon, a mysterious, hostile, frugal, or stubborn man, is well developed character to whom personal misfortunes such as death, solitude and hypocrisy doomed him to the point where only depression and exaltation exists, but to his fortune and to alleviate his cosmic solitude an unexpected and flabbergasted gift is presented: the heaven that has been opening up for him to devote himself so as to be a scientist of international caliber.

In addition to that, there are characters such as his mother, Florencia, a witty countrywoman to whom even with his lack of education, she gives various unforgettable teachings that had gone from math to linguistics in Coyoacan. Lorenzo's siblings (Emilia, Juan, Leticia, and Santiago), whom through their colourful, humorous and intensive life are deeply touched soon after their mother's death.

The novel, through a series of events, goes from giving up University studies to casual sexual intercourse encounters, from traveling to foreign country to show that Mexican people can do science to the epiphany caused from unraveling a chaotic spiral is neither concentrated nor disjointed but one that goes from a cyclical flow from misunderstanding to understanding and vice versa.

Poniatowska's syntax is sure-enough diverse that in terms of literature traits is simple, complex, disjointed, colloquial, poetic and even romantic. Generally, the novel has a well-balanced style.

The Skin of the Sky is a powerful novel which is definitively a well worth reading. It is fully recommended to the reader since is going to be exposed to an outnumber of literature features. On the whole, the readers are going to be deeply involved with the story line that will create a yearning to unravel the mysteries of both the universe and love.

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Sat Mar 08 18:06:24 2014
P.D. I am quite sure that previous review can be more refined in style, because
my syntax is still full of repetition, and not well-balanced content which those will be taken into account next time. For further details regarding literature traits, the following link is available at http://pastebin.com/E9n3HFZk
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