Yocandra in the Paradise of Nada - Softcover

Valdes, Zoe; Valde S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611450756 ISBN 13: 9781611450750

Publisher: Arcade, 2002

Synopsis

Now back in print, the debut novel that made Zoé Valdés an international literary sensation, the bold, bawdy story of a failed revolution and its discontents.

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About this title

About the Author

Zoé Valdés was born in Havana in 1959. A member Cuban delegation to UNESCO and the Cuban Culture Office in Paris in the 1980s, and the former assistant director of the magazine Cine Cubano, she has lived in exile in France since 1995. She is the acclaimed author of several novels, including The Weeping Woman, winner of the 2013 Azorin Award. She is a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters and lives in Paris.

Sabina Cienfuegos translates from the Spanish and French.

Review

“"A knockout."” (Miami Herald)

““Zoé Valdés . . . thrills and shocks her readers the way Céline once did. . . . Entertaining and lusty.”” (Oscar Hijeulos)

““A bawdy, erotic, and existential novel . . . Literate and funny, poignant and realistic . . . glows with life and energy.”” (Washington Times)

““A sexually forthright and amusing contemporary Candide.””

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcade
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1611450756
• ISBN 13: 9781611450750
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172