Marisel Vera
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"Marisel Vera emerges as a major voice of contemporary fiction with a heart- wrenching novel set in Puerto Rico on the eve of the Spanish-American War. It is 1898, and groups of starving Puerto Ricans, los hambrientos, roam the parched countryside and dusty towns begging for food. Under the yoke of Spanish oppression, the Caribbean island is forced to prepare to wage war with the United States. Up in the mountainous coffee region of Utuado, Vicente...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Publication Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"I believe in Spirits," Felicidad said. "I believe in making love," said Aníbal. In a small town in Puerto Rico, Felicidad Hidalgo spends her days serving busybodies in her aunt's bakery, and her nights dreaming of home. Closing her eyes she can almost hear the sweet songs of tree frogs, reminding her of the mountain village of her childhood, and the family she hasn't seen in nearly a decade. Her new life in town has delivered her from poverty, but...