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Delgado, Joseph

 
9780595099528: Tropical Snow
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595099521 ISBN 13 : 9780595099528
Editeur : iUniverse, 2000

Synopsis

During the final seconds of his life Jorge Blancos past appears as a spiraled succession of images on a dynamic canvas. Deluded by the conviction of a religious vocation and motivated by the desire to escape his troubled home life, Jorge migrates from Puerto Rico to Minnesota, where he joins a Benedictine monastery. Jorges dismay at the reality of monastic hypocrisy, however, drives him to a cynical outrage, with fatal consequences.Tropical Snow is set against the backdrop of life in the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico during the first half of the twentieth century and in the mainland in the early 1970s. Jorges life becomes a fluid metaphor that simultaneously reflects and becomes the history of his homelanddreams soiled and promises betrayedand the role that the Catholic Church played in its downfall.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

During the final seconds of his life Jorge Blancos past appears as a spiraled succession of images on a dynamic canvas. Deluded by the conviction of a religious vocation and motivated by the desire to escape his troubled home life, Jorge migrates from Puerto Rico to Minnesota, where he joins a Benedictine monastery. Jorges dismay at the reality of monastic hypocrisy, however, drives him to a cynical outrage, with fatal consequences.Tropical Snow is set against the backdrop of life in the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico during the first half of the twentieth century and in the mainland in the early 1970s. Jorges life becomes a fluid metaphor that simultaneously reflects and becomes the history of his homelanddreams soiled and promises betrayedand the role that the Catholic Church played in its downfall.

Biographie de l'auteur

J. Delgado-Figueroa is a former professor of linguistics. His previous novels include Mr. Doppler Is Survived by Those Who Loved Him and 'Twas the Season. He is also the author of The Rhetoric of Change and Training for Non-Trainers, as well as educational software in Spanish.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595099521
ISBN 13 
9780595099528
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
440
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1849232539 ISBN 13 :  9781849232531
Editeur : YouWriteOn.com, 2008
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