Eccentric Neighborhoods by Rosario Ferre

Eccentric Neighborhoods by Rosario Ferre

A tale of two dynasties whose fortunes are linked to the fate of an emerging nation

Elvira Vernet narratesEccentric Neighborhoods as she attempts to solve the mystery of who her parents truly are. Her mother, the beautiful and aristocratic Clarissa Rivas de Santillana, was born into a rarefied world of privilege, one of five daughters on the family's sugar plantation. Elvira's father, Aurelio Vernet, and his three brothers and two sisters were raised by Santiago, a Cuban immigrant who ruled his family with an iron hand. As Puerto Rico struggles for independence - and Aurelio takes his place among the powerful political gentry - a legacy of violence, infidelity, faith, and sacrifice is born.

Set against the backdrop of a country coming of age, Eccentric Neighborhoods is a lush, transcendent novel, a family saga about mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, parents and children. In this magnificent follow-up toThe House on the Lagoon, Rosario Ferre delivers a work of historical fiction influenced by magical realism and infused with forgiveness and love.

Rosario Ferrü¾Ž–”¼ (1938 - 2016) Naciü¾Œ¶˜¼ en Ponce, una ciudad en las costa sur de Puerto Rico. Se graduü¾Œ¶˜¼ en el aü¾Œ–˜¼o 1960 de Manjattanville College con un tü¾™†”¼tulo en literature inglesa. Luego obtuvo una maestrü¾™†”¼a en literature espaü¾Œ–˜¼ola y latinoamericana en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, y aü¾Œ–˜¼os mas tarde, recibü¾Œ¶˜¼ su doctorado de la Universidad de Maryland.

Comenzü¾Œ¶˜¼ a escribir en la dü¾Ž–”¼cada de los aü¾Œ–˜¼os setenta como redactora y editora de la revista literaria Zona: Carga y Descarga, en la cual se publicaban trabajos de jü¾Œ¶˜¼venes escritores puertorriqueü¾Œ–˜¼os. Colaboradora asidua de los rotativos El Nueva Dü¾™†”¼a y el San Juan Star, Rosario Ferrü¾Ž–”¼ ha explorado todos los gü¾Ž–”¼neros literarios al publicar relatos, poesü¾™†”¼a, ensayos, biografü¾™†”¼as y cuatro novelas. Fue galardonada con el premio Liberaturpries del 1992 en Francfort del main (Alemania), y la versiü¾Œ¶˜¼n de lengua inglesa de su novela La casa de la laguna quedü¾Œ¶˜¼ como finalista del premio literario estadounidese National Book Award.

Rosario Ferrü¾Ž–”¼ es reconocida hoy como una de las escritoras mü¾Œ–”¼s importantes de Puerto Rico.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780374146382
ISBN 10	0374146381
Title	Eccentric Neighborhoods
Author	Rosario Ferre
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Farrar, Straus And Giroux
Year published	1998-02-28
Number of pages	340
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.