Our House in The Last World by Oscar Hijuelos
America, the ?last world?, holds out many promises to the Santinio family from Cuba. For Alejo, the father, it means escape from the farm in San Pedro and, perhaps, a business of his own. For Mercedes, his wife, America is the last of the material worlds. Still, she has other lives and will live again after her death. For the sons, Horacio and Hextor, the ?last world? is not only New York, but also Cuba ? a place of sensuous beauty, fragrance and memories. The first novel by the author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Our House in the Last World is a work of beauty about people stranded between two cultures
?Like an urban poet, [Hijuelos] catalogues New York brilliantly..a fine and painful novel? Philadelphia Inquirer ?There is more than a touch of satire in Mr. Hijuelos? writing, but he never loses the syntax of magic...a loving and deeply felt tribute? New York Times ?A first novel about a Cuban family in new York City, told in an oblique, lyric voice, with an air of absolute authenticity and assurance? Joyce Carol Oates ?Brilliant, this first novel from Cuban New Yorker Hijuelos has a terrible raging power that lifts it clear of the usual sociological categories that semi-sutobiobraphical writing gets consigned to, and manages to hit that Nelson Algren note it which people?s failure in life becomes their personal poetry. I loved it? Time Out
Of Cuban descent, Osar Hijuelos was born in New York, where he still lives. His other novels include Mr.Ives' Christmas, Empress of the Splendid Season and The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852427573 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852427574 |
| Title | Our House in The Last World |
| Author | Oscar Hijuelos |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-12-05 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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