The House On the Lagoon by Ferre Rosario

The House On the Lagoon by Ferre Rosario

Finalist for the National Book Award: A breathtaking saga from Puerto Rico's greatest literary voice

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, Quintn 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, Ferre 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 you're 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.

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	9780452277076
ISBN 10	0452277078
Title	The House On the Lagoon
Author	Ferre Rosario
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Plume Books
Year published	1996-10-31
Number of pages	416
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.