{"id":3121441,"date":"2024-11-01T01:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T05:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/and-this-shall-be-my-dancing-day-una-novela\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T01:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:00:59","slug":"and-this-shall-be-my-dancing-day-una-novela","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/book\/and-this-shall-be-my-dancing-day-una-novela\/","title":{"rendered":"And this shall be my dancing Day: una novela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Por Jennifer Kavanagh. Roundfire Books, 2023. 192 p\u00e1ginas. $16.95\/tapa blanda; $9.99\/eBook.   <\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/friends-journal-selections-november-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comprar en QuakerBooks<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emma, la protagonista de <em>And This Shall Be My Dancing Day<\/em>, es una bibliotecaria de cl\u00e1sicos de mediana edad en un club londinense rancio. Vive a las afueras de la ciudad en una casita con jard\u00edn y dos \u201cmoggies\u201d (gatos para el lector no brit\u00e1nico), y va en bicicleta y autob\u00fas al trabajo todos los d\u00edas. Su trayecto invita al lector a disfrutar de la ciudad y del entorno rural, as\u00ed como de sus reflexiones sobre las alegr\u00edas y los problemas de la jardiner\u00eda, un amor perdido y las d\u00e9cadas de su tranquila vida. Su rutina se ve desafiada por una hermana de izquierdas que marcha en las protestas; sus luchas fraternales suenan verdaderas. Apoyan el patr\u00f3n un vecino anciano y, por supuesto, sus amigos felinos, Perky y Pinky. Este es un personaje, y un libro, acogedor, pero no condescendiente. La autora cu\u00e1quera Jennifer Kavanagh respeta a su hero\u00edna y a su lector.      <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las relaciones no son f\u00e1ciles para la solitaria Emma, sobre todo la relaci\u00f3n con su propio cuerpo y sus realidades cambiantes (fallo de la vista, menopausia), y se pregunta si es posible cambiar su vida ordenada, y mucho menos deseable. Una misteriosa puerta abierta en su trayecto matutino introduce a Nicola, una mujer m\u00e1s joven cuyo hermano acaba de morir. Aunque muy diferente a Emma, Nicola surge como amiga y catalizadora, present\u00e1ndole a una bailarina roman\u00ed, la trata de personas y la pol\u00edtica de las agencias no gubernamentales y gubernamentales que se ocupan del Brexit y la migraci\u00f3n europea, preocupaciones que la autora conoce de primera mano.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agradec\u00ed la tranquila contemplaci\u00f3n y la alegr\u00eda en la escritura y siempre estuve ansiosa por retomar esta fina y delgada novela para descubrir qu\u00e9 m\u00e1s aprender\u00eda Emma sobre s\u00ed misma y su mundo. Un d\u00eda, por ejemplo, mientras paseaba por un barrio bullicioso, le llama la atenci\u00f3n una gran representaci\u00f3n escult\u00f3rica de una cabeza de girasol; el t\u00edtulo de la obra es \u201cFibonacci Flip\u201d. Su curiosidad se apodera de ella: \u201c\u00bfno ten\u00eda Fibonacci algo que ver con la proporci\u00f3n \u00e1urea?\u201d. M\u00e1s tarde, investiga m\u00e1s en l\u00ednea y reflexiona:   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">la noci\u00f3n de que la naturaleza tiene un sistema de numeraci\u00f3n, un orden que subyace a todo. . . . Pero, seg\u00fan lo que ley\u00f3, todo lo que crece confirma su proporcionalidad innata: la disposici\u00f3n del coraz\u00f3n de un girasol, de las hojas en un tallo, de las ramas en un \u00e1rbol, todo maximizando inconscientemente la luz. Que la belleza de la proporcionalidad pudiera conducir a tal eficiencia. \u00a1Ahora s\u00ed que era una idea!  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pero el orden de Emma se ve interrumpido: su sobrina, criada por padres hippies, se convierte en polic\u00eda; su vecino debe mudarse; su amado trabajo ya no es el centro de su vida; y ella voluntariamente se convierte en parte de un flashmob. Su d\u00eda de baile no es \u201cma\u00f1ana\u201d, como dice el villancico ingl\u00e9s, sino \u201ceste\u201d d\u00eda. Emma est\u00e1 lista para bailar.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los amantes de lo ingl\u00e9s quedar\u00e1n encantados: f\u00e1cilmente podr\u00eda imaginar la bicicleta \u201csit-up-and-beg\u201d que Emma usa para ir al trabajo; algunas referencias, sin embargo, a saber, danza coral, tarjeta Oyster, winceyettes y RoadPeace, me enviaron a Google. Jennifer Kavanagh es tutora asociada en el centro de estudios Woodbrooke en el Reino Unido y ha tenido una larga carrera tanto en la publicaci\u00f3n como en el activismo. Esta es su tercera novela de m\u00e1s de una docena de obras publicadas, incluyendo la reciente <em>Do Quakers Pray?<\/em> en la serie Quaker Quicks.  <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michele Sands es una bibliotecaria jubilada que adora con Upper Susquehanna Quarterly en Zoom y con Collington Worship Group en la comunidad de jubilados afiliada a Kendal donde vive en Bowie, Maryland. 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