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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. Laudada como una obra centra de la literatura latinoamericana, esta novela asombrosa, de una de las más prominentes mujeres de letras de Puerto Rico, es a la vez una rebosante saga multigeneracional y una historia mágica de la isla.En una hermosa mansión con vista a la laguna de Alamares, Isabel Montfort está escribiendo la crónica de su familia. Es un relato de aventura e intriga, de inmigrantes espaoles y corsos, de esclavos africanos, de política sexual y de luchas políticas, de maridos autoritarios y esposas que ingeniosamente subvierten esa autoridad.Pero Quintín Mendizábal, el marido de Isabel, ha descubierto su manuscrito y se propone contrarrestarlo con su propia versión de los hechos. Del combate entre sus historias conyugales Rosario Ferré crea una poderosa y astutamente cómica meditación sobre la manera en que construimos la verdad-la de nuestra familia, la de nuestros países y la de nuestras propias vidas.La casa de la laguna es una novela llena de encanto e invención, poblada por personajes de una gran vitalidad.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONFinalist for the National Book Award: A family saga in the manner of Gabriel García Márquez, set in Puerto Rico, from an extraordinary storyteller (The New York Times Book Review).This riveting, multigenerational epic tells the story of two families and the history of Puerto Rico through the eyes of Isabel Monfort and her husband, Quintín Mendizabal. Isabel attempts to immortalize their now-united families-and, by extension, their homeland-in a book. The tale that unfolds in her writing has layers upon layers, exploring the nature of love, marriage, family, and Puerto Rico itself.Weaving the intimate with the expansive on a teeming stage, Ferré crafts a revealing self-portrait of a man and a woman, two fiercely independent people searching for meaning and identity. As Isabel declares: Nothing is true, nothing is false, everything is the color of the glass youre looking through.A book about freeing oneself from societal and cultural constraints, The House on the Lagoon also grapples with bigger issues of life, death, poverty, and racism. Mythological in its breadth and scope, this is a masterwork from an extraordinary storyteller. Seller Inventory # DADAX0375700498
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Laudada como una obra centra de la literatura latinoamericana, esta novela asombrosa, de una de las m Nominated for the 1995 National Book Award, The House on the Lagoon is the story of Isabel Monfort and her husband Quintin Mendizabal—the history of a family whose secrets, conflicts and private mythologies add up to the larger story of a nation: Puerto Rico. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780375700491
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Laudada como una obra centra de la literatura latinoamericana, esta novela asombrosa, de una de las m Nominated for the 1995 National Book Award, The House on the Lagoon is the story of Isabel Monfort and her husband Quintin Mendizabal—the history of a family whose secrets, conflicts and private mythologies add up to the larger story of a nation: Puerto Rico. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780375700491