![]() Thus disconnected from any biographical counterparts, the characters-J. At the beginning of our correspondence over email, González expressed his wish not to speak of his brother or of the novel as a true story-which he’d already done a great deal already-but rather to discuss it as a work of fiction. González has written six novels and a poetry collection since In the Beginning Was the Sea, which is actually based on the true life and death of his brother, an eerie fact that does not drag the story into nostalgia or sentimentalism the telling remains removed, almost reporterly. But the gradual deterioration stems not from external forces so much as the couple’s own inner unravelling the solitude and placid obduracy of the sea cannot calm the demons they’ve carried from their previous life and eventually, inevitably it seems, tragedy ensues. Indeed, things soon begin to go wrong on the finca. The lyrical, haunting story has the feel of a fable-a young man and his beautiful wife abandon their hectic, intellectual, night-clubbing life in the city to buy a farm on an undeveloped stretch of coast-while the spare, disquieting prose suggests the start of an art-house horror film. Jude Place, Memphis, TX 38105.In the Beginning Was the Sea is Colombian writer Tomás González’s first novel, written in 1983 and only recently published for the first time in English by Pushkin Press (in Frank Wynne's translation). Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. ![]() In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Browning Road, where a Funeral Service will be held at 8 PM. Relatives and friends are invited to the Visitation on Friday, March 6, 2020, from 5:30 – 8 PM at the Falco/Caruso & Leonard Pennsauken Funeral Home, 6600 N. If there was not anything good on to watch, he would resort to watching golf. He also loved watching Nascar and western movies. Tomas enjoyed watching TV and was an avid Philadelphia sports fan, especially the Eagles. Dear brother of Iris Maldanado, Antonio “Tony” Gonzalez, Zulma Gonzalez, and the late Ismael Gonzalez, William Gonzalez, and Nilda R. Loving grandfather of Iliana Peralta and Gregory Thomas Gonzalez and great grandfather of Leilany, Makenzie, and Noah. Gonzalez (Luz Beltran), and the late Tomas Gonzalez, III. Devoted father of Marilyn Gonzalez, Juan C. Beloved husband of the late Juanita (nee Ortiz). Tomas was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico on Jto the late Tomas and Emilia (nee Cruz) Gonzalez. Tomas Gonzalez, Jr., age 76 years of Pennsauken, formerly of Camden, passed away peacefully on Masurrounded by his loving family.
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