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Broken paradise a novel
Beskrivelse
Cuba, 1956: Cousins Nora and
Alicia are accustomed to living among Havana's privileged class -- but
their lavish dinners, days at the beach, and extravagant dances come to
an end after Castro's rise to power. Food becomes scarce, religion is
forbidden, and disease runs rampant. Although Alicia stays behind while
Nora emigrates to the United States, both of their identities are
challenged as they try to adapt to the changes forced upon them. As the
situation in Cuba deteriorates, Alicia is beset by bad fortune, while
Nora -- whose heart is still in Cuba -- painfully assimilates into
middle-class U.S. culture. Letters between the cousins track their lives
until Alicia's situation becomes so difficult that Nora is forced to
return and help. But what she finds in Cuba is like nothing she ever
imagined.
Alicia are accustomed to living among Havana's privileged class -- but
their lavish dinners, days at the beach, and extravagant dances come to
an end after Castro's rise to power. Food becomes scarce, religion is
forbidden, and disease runs rampant. Although Alicia stays behind while
Nora emigrates to the United States, both of their identities are
challenged as they try to adapt to the changes forced upon them. As the
situation in Cuba deteriorates, Alicia is beset by bad fortune, while
Nora -- whose heart is still in Cuba -- painfully assimilates into
middle-class U.S. culture. Letters between the cousins track their lives
until Alicia's situation becomes so difficult that Nora is forced to
return and help. But what she finds in Cuba is like nothing she ever
imagined.
Told with wrenching insight into the tender
balance between the hope and grief that shapes the immigrant heart,
"Broken Paradise" is an extraordinarily powerful novel about passion,
love, and the heart's yearning for home.
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- Antall sider
- 340 s.
- ISBN
- 978-1-4165-5039-6 (h.) : Nkr 150.00
- Form
- Roman
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