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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Una obra epica sobre los linajes de dos familias, escrita por la autora de La casa de la laguna. "Mama naci en Guayames el 6 de enero de 1901. Mi abuelo, Alvaro Rivas de Santillana, estaba convencido de que los Reyes Magos se la habian traido como obsequio, pero abuela Valeria decia que Clarissa habia nacido por culpa de las lluvias." Asi comienza uno de los muchos cuentos de Vecindarios Excentricos, donde las historias de hombres y mujeres cuyos amores y perdidas coincidieron con la desaparici n de la sociedad colonial de la isla y con el nacimiento de una clase de nuevos ricos, se despliegan en un abanico de relatos esplendidos. Los personages de Ferre saltan fuera de la pagina con tal fuerza que rayan casi en lo mitol gico, acompanados por suenos y sucesos. Un abuelo carinoso, decidido a enlazar a su nieta con un miembro de la aristocracia francesa, sella su destino tragico al celebrar su cotill n en el palacio de Versalles; una solterona se propone seducir al hombre mas rico de Guayames, rezandole a la vez a Jesucristo y al Departamento de Hacienda para que lo exima de los impuestos. Los relatos de Ferre son a la vez divertidos y tristes, conmovedores y sensuales. Pertenecen a una larga y distinguida tradici n de narrativa hispanoamericana. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A "colorful family saga" set against the dramatic historical backdrop of twentieth-century Puerto Rico, from an author nominated for the National Book Award (Kirkus Reviews). Elvira Vernet narrates Eccentric Neighborhoods as she attempts to solve the mystery of who her parents truly are. Her mother, the beautiful and aristocratic Clarissa Rivas de Santillana, was born into a rarefied world of privilege, one of five daughters on the family's sugar plantation. Elvira's father, Aurelio Vernet, and his three brothers and two sisters were raised by Santiago, a Cuban immigrant who ruled his family with an iron hand. As Puerto Rico struggles for independence-and Aurelio takes his place among the powerful political gentry-a legacy of violence, infidelity, faith, and sacrifice is born. Set against the backdrop of a country coming of age, Eccentric Neighborhoods is a lush, transcendent novel, a family saga about mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, parents and children. In this magnificent follow-up to The House on the Lagoon, Rosario Ferre delivers a work of historical fiction influenced by magical realism and infused with forgiveness and love.…

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Una obra epica sobre los linajes de dos familias, escrita por la autora de La casa de la laguna. "Mama naci en Guayames el 6 de enero de 1901. Mi abuelo, Alvaro Rivas de Santillana, estaba convencido de que los Reyes Magos se la habian traido como obsequio, pero abuela Valeria decia que Clarissa habia nacido por culpa de las lluvias." Asi comienza uno de los muchos cuentos de Vecindarios Excentricos, donde las historias de hombres y mujeres cuyos amores y perdidas coincidieron con la desaparici n de la sociedad colonial de la isla y con el nacimiento de una clase de nuevos ricos, se despliegan en un abanico de relatos esplendidos. Los personages de Ferre saltan fuera de la pagina con tal fuerza que rayan casi en lo mitol gico, acompanados por suenos y sucesos. Un abuelo carinoso, decidido a enlazar a su nieta con un miembro de la aristocracia francesa, sella su destino tragico al celebrar su cotill n en el palacio de Versalles; una solterona se propone seducir al hombre mas rico de Guayames, rezandole a la vez a Jesucristo y al Departamento de Hacienda para que lo exima de los impuestos. Los relatos de Ferre son a la vez divertidos y tristes, conmovedores y sensuales. Pertenecen a una larga y distinguida tradici n de narrativa hispanoamericana. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A "colorful family saga" set against the dramatic historical backdrop of twentieth-century Puerto Rico, from an author nominated for the National Book Award (Kirkus Reviews). Elvira Vernet narrates Eccentric Neighborhoods as she attempts to solve the mystery of who her parents truly are. Her mother, the beautiful and aristocratic Clarissa Rivas de Santillana, was born into a rarefied world of privilege, one of five daughters on the family's sugar plantation. Elvira's father, Aurelio Vernet, and his three brothers and two sisters were raised by Santiago, a Cuban immigrant who ruled his family with an iron hand. As Puerto Rico struggles for independence-and Aurelio takes his place among the powerful political gentry-a legacy of violence, infidelity, faith, and sacrifice is born. Set against the backdrop of a country coming of age, Eccentric Neighborhoods is a lush, transcendent novel, a family saga about mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, parents and children. In this magnificent follow-up to The House on the Lagoon, Rosario Ferre delivers a work of historical fiction influenced by magical realism and infused with forgiveness and love.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. El amor y la lealtad son puestos a pueba en esta novela llena de brío y agudeza de la reconocida autora puertorriqueña, Rosario Ferré, autora de La casa de la laguna. Se trata de la historia de una bailarina famosa mundialmente que, en el 1917, visita a Puerto Rico en gira artística y se enamora locamente de un atrevido revolucionario al que le dobla la edad. La imperiosa Madame ha regido su vida por la norma, 'el artista debe anteponer siempre su arte al amor.' Al enamorarse Madame, sin embargo, no solo rueda por el piso su antigua doctrina, sino que pierde el respeto de sus jóvenes bailarinas, quiénes juzgan que Madame las ha traicionado. A esta deslealtad a los ideales artísticos se entreteje la agitación de los disturbios políticos locales, en los cuales Madame y su grupo también se ven involucrados. La revolución rusa los ha dejado sin patria, varados en una isla desgarrada por una guerra de independencia subversiva y solapada, que nadie en la colonia se atreve a mencionar abiertamente. Las aventuras de Madame son narradas por Masha, su devota seguidora y dama de compañía, quién tiene un ojo perspicaz y describe las tensiones a punto de explotar bajo la superficie aparentemente tranquila del paraíso tropical. Masha sufre a su vez una metamórfosis a causa de la sensualidad del ambiente, y su vida se transforma. Ferré ha tejido aquí, en un rico tapiz de intriga romántica y conspiración política, un retrato convincente de la burguesía caribeña, probando así porqué se le considera hoy una de las novelistas más dotadas de América Latina. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The story of a prima ballerina and her acolyte, set in Puerto Rico in 1917. Flight of the Swan is the compelling story of a world-famous Russian prima ballerina who finds herself stranded on a Caribbean island in 1917, due to political upheavals in her own country. This charming jeu d'esprit explores the complexities of love and betrayal, as the loyal servant Masha gradually comes to recognize that in spite of what she sees as Madame's propensity to be both pretentious and vain, the ballerina is prepared to sacrifice everything for her art. Madame's unfaltering commitment to dance above all else -- and her demand of nothing less from her disciples -- forces Masha to question what choices she herself is willing to make when it comes to her own loves, ideals, and relationships. Humorous, engaging, and coyly revealing, Flight of the Swan traces the decisions made by Masha, Madame, and other members of the troupe during their enforced three-month stay in Puerto Rico, and in doing so raises the question of where true happiness lies.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Unas veces liricamente encantadora, y otras astutamente satírica, Rosario Ferré es una de las más originales escritoras de Latinoamérica. En Maldito amor, ella explora las luchas de clases y la evolución política de su Puerto Rico natal a través de la historia de una familia, los aristocráticos y belicosos De la Valle, y su lucha por la dominación y control del vecino ingenio azucarero. El cuento titular narra la vida del pirático Don Julio; su hijo, el astuto político Nino Ubaldino; y los hijos de Ubaldino, Arístides y Nicolás, envueltos en una lucha a la muerte por el control de la fortuna familiar y por la mujer que ambos quieren. Los tres cuentos siguientes relatan las vidas de las nuevas generaciones de los De la Valle, creando un drama en cuatro partes que presenta las cuestiones fascinantes de la independencia, la religión y la raza, con todo el ingenio y energía característicos de Ferré. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "Hypnotic. should not be missed."--Lucy Stark, Voices from the Gaps Originally published in Spanish under the title Maldito Amor ("Cursed Love"), Sweet Diamond Dust introduced American readers to a voice that is by turns lyrical and wickedly satiric. A finalist for the National Book Award with her 1995 novel, The House on the Lagoon, Ferre here uses family history as a metaphor for the class struggles and political evolution of Latin America and Puerto Rico in particular. The result is writing of the highest order--provocative, profound, yet delightfully readable. The "sweet diamond dust" of the title story is, of course, sugar. In this tale the De La Valle family's secrets, ambitions, and passions, interwoven with the fate of the local sugar mill, are recounted by various relatives, friends, and servants. As the characters struggle under the burden of privilege, the story, permeated with haunting echoes of Puerto Rico's own turbulent history, becomes a splendid allegory for a nation's past. The three accompanying stories each follow the lives of the descendants of the De La Valle family, making the book a drama in four parts, raising troubling issues of race, religion, freedom, and sex, with Ferre's trademark irony and startling imagery--a literary experience no reader would want to miss.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Unas veces liricamente encantadora, y otras astutamente satírica, Rosario Ferré es una de las más originales escritoras de Latinoamérica. En Maldito amor, ella explora las luchas de clases y la evolución política de su Puerto Rico natal a través de la historia de una familia, los aristocráticos y belicosos De la Valle, y su lucha por la dominación y control del vecino ingenio azucarero. El cuento titular narra la vida del pirático Don Julio; su hijo, el astuto político Nino Ubaldino; y los hijos de Ubaldino, Arístides y Nicolás, envueltos en una lucha a la muerte por el control de la fortuna familiar y por la mujer que ambos quieren. Los tres cuentos siguientes relatan las vidas de las nuevas generaciones de los De la Valle, creando un drama en cuatro partes que presenta las cuestiones fascinantes de la independencia, la religión y la raza, con todo el ingenio y energía característicos de Ferré. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "Hypnotic. should not be missed."--Lucy Stark, Voices from the Gaps Originally published in Spanish under the title Maldito Amor ("Cursed Love"), Sweet Diamond Dust introduced American readers to a voice that is by turns lyrical and wickedly satiric. A finalist for the National Book Award with her 1995 novel, The House on the Lagoon, Ferre here uses family history as a metaphor for the class struggles and political evolution of Latin America and Puerto Rico in particular. The result is writing of the highest order--provocative, profound, yet delightfully readable. The "sweet diamond dust" of the title story is, of course, sugar. In this tale the De La Valle family's secrets, ambitions, and passions, interwoven with the fate of the local sugar mill, are recounted by various relatives, friends, and servants. As the characters struggle under the burden of privilege, the story, permeated with haunting echoes of Puerto Rico's own turbulent history, becomes a splendid allegory for a nation's past. The three accompanying stories each follow the lives of the descendants of the De La Valle family, making the book a drama in four parts, raising troubling issues of race, religion, freedom, and sex, with Ferre's trademark irony and startling imagery--a literary experience no reader would want to miss.…

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