The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love - Couverture souple

Hijuelos, Oscar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1401310028 ISBN 13 : 9781401310028

Editeur : Hachette Books, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Hijuelos Oscar

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

When it was first published in 1989, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love became an international bestselling sensation, winning rave reviews and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that changed the landscape of American literature returns with a new afterword by Oscar Hijuelos. Here is the story of the memorable Castillo brothers, from Havana to New York's Upper West Side. The lovelorn songwriter Nestor and his macho brother Cesar find success in the city's dance halls and beyond playing the rhythms that earn them their band's name, as they struggle with elusive fame and lost love in a richly sensual tale that has become a cultural touchstone and an enduring favorite.

Revue de presse

"A rich and sorrowful novel... that alternates crisp narrative with opulent musings--the language of everyday and the language of longing. You finish feeling... ready to throw up your arms and cry, ¡Que bueno es! Mr. Hijuelos is writing music of the heart."―New York Times Book Review

"Brilliant... memorable... a heady and powerful triumph... one of the most spectacularly vibrant and moving works by an American in years."―Alice Metcalf Miller, Cleveland Plain Dealer

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hachette Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1401310028
• ISBN 13: 9781401310028
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448