Sirena Selena - Rilegato

Santos-Febres, Mayra

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0312252277 ISBN 13: 9780312252274

Casa editrice: Picador USA, 2000

Riassunto

Rescued from poverty, abuse, and drug addiction by Martha Divine, a teenage hustler is transformed into the diva Sirena Selena, whose beauty and remarkable singing voice will be ticket to fame and fortune, until an encounter with a wealthy investor, Hugo Groubel, launches a bizarre seduction that explores the complexities of class, race, gender, and ambition. 10,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Mayra Santos-Febres is Associate Professor of Literature at the University of Puerto Rico. She has published two books of poetry, and her short stories have won many prizes, including the 1994 Letras de Oro Prize from the University of Miami and the 1997 Juan Rulfo Prize, awarded by Radio Sarandi in Paris. In 1997 her two collections of short fiction were translated into English under the titleUrban Oracles.

Stephen Lyttle has translated Laura Restrepo's Leopard in the Sun, Javier Gonzales Rubio'sLoving You Was My Undoing, and Laura Esquivel's Intimate Succulencies, among others. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Book by SantosFebres Mayra

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Picador USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312252277
• ISBN 13: 9780312252274
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 214