The Murmur of Bees
13 hrs. 29 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Sofia Segovia
Author
Sofia Segovia
Narrator
Ivan Bukchin
Narrator
Ivan Bukchin
Description
Sofía Segovia, the Mexican writer, is a new bright voice in world literature. For the first time in Russian, her piercing novel “The Singing of Bees” is being published—about a country’s fate against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, about a family that believed in miracles, in love, and in the impossible.
The day the old nurse Reja found the child left under a bridge, the life of their town changed forever. With a scar on her face, wrapped in a living quilt of bees, the locals took little Simonopío to be a harbinger of trouble. No wonder: after his appearance, war rolled across their lands, and soon after came an outbreak of Spanish flu.
Yet the horrors of those terrible years passed the Morales family by, where the boy found both a home and love. With a supernatural gift, he could see the past and the future, hear the singing of bees, and understand nature.
As he grows up, Simonopío learns the secret of his calling. He is destined to protect several generations of the Morales family. But can he be with them always—especially in the moment of the decisive clash, when those who want to take someone else’s land fight head-on with those who will defend it at the cost of their lives?
“Singing of Bees” by Sofía Segovia is a novel about family and a great family hive, about childhood, memory, love, and hatred.
The day the old nurse Reja found the child left under a bridge, the life of their town changed forever. With a scar on her face, wrapped in a living quilt of bees, the locals took little Simonopío to be a harbinger of trouble. No wonder: after his appearance, war rolled across their lands, and soon after came an outbreak of Spanish flu.
Yet the horrors of those terrible years passed the Morales family by, where the boy found both a home and love. With a supernatural gift, he could see the past and the future, hear the singing of bees, and understand nature.
As he grows up, Simonopío learns the secret of his calling. He is destined to protect several generations of the Morales family. But can he be with them always—especially in the moment of the decisive clash, when those who want to take someone else’s land fight head-on with those who will defend it at the cost of their lives?
“Singing of Bees” by Sofía Segovia is a novel about family and a great family hive, about childhood, memory, love, and hatred.
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