The price of paradise
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Obejas, Achy, 1956- translator.
Published
Seattle : AmazonCrossing, 2019.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 22 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Chetco Community Public Library - Adult/General - Fiction | LÓPEZ_RUBIO, SUSANA Price | Available |
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Published
Seattle : AmazonCrossing, 2019.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Translated from the Spanish.
Description
"In a city as corrupt as it was luxurious, those who dared to dream were bound to pay the price. Havana, Cuba, 1947. Young Patricio flees impoverished Spain and steps into the sultry island paradise of Havana with only the clothes on his back and half-baked dreams of a better life. Blessed with good looks and natural charm, he lands a job as a runner at El Encanto--one of the most luxurious department stores in the world. Famous for its exquisite offerings from French haute couture to Arabian silks, El Encanto indulges the senses in opulent extravagance. It caters to visiting Hollywood stars, rising politicos, and prerevolutionary Cuba's wealthiest power players, including the notorious mobster César Valdés. Falling in love with the mobster's young wife, Gloria, is suicide. But Patricio is irresistibly drawn to the beautiful girl with sad eyes, a razor-sharp intellect, and a penchant for both Christian Dior's clothes and Einstein's theories. Within the walls of El Encanto, anything seems possible, even a love that promises to heal them and a desire that thrums with the mambo beat of the city itself. In a reckless love affair that spans half a century, Patricio's and Gloria's lives entwine time and again, challenged by every twist of fate--for in a world of murder, betrayal, and revolution, those who dare to reach for paradise seldom survive unscathed."--
Language
Translated from the Spanish.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
López Rubio, S., & Obejas, A. (2019). The price of paradise . AmazonCrossing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)López Rubio, Susana and Achy Obejas. 2019. The Price of Paradise. AmazonCrossing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)López Rubio, Susana and Achy Obejas. The Price of Paradise AmazonCrossing, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)López Rubio, Susana, and Achy Obejas. The Price of Paradise AmazonCrossing, 2019.
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