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BOOKS by Mayra Montero

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Dancing to Almendra

Dancing to Almendra more books like this

by Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman (Translator)

On the same day that the Mafia capo Umberto Anastasia is assassinated in New York, a hippo escapes from the zoo. Assigned to cover the zoo story, a young Cuban journalist finds himself embroiled in the mysterious connections between the two incidents in this intoxicating story of murder, mobsters, and, finally, love.

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In the Palm of Darkness

In the Palm of Darkness more books like this

by Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman (Translator)

"In the Palm of Darkness" tells the story of American herpetologist Victor Griggs and Haitian guide Thierry Adrien, who are searching for an amphibian known as the blood frog in the mountains of violence-torn Haiti. The rich and tragic tale of Thierry's family, his life and loves, and his curious destiny, forms a backdrop for the obsessive search ...

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The Messenger

The Messenger more books like this

by Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman

Set in Cuba, this brooding novel tells the story of two star-crossed lovers, tenor Enrico Caruso and his mulatta mistress, whose destinies unfold to the rhythms of African and Chinese magic. Print features.

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The Last Night I Spent with You

The Last Night I Spent with You more books like this

by Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman (Translator)

Fernando and Celia, a middle-aged Cuban couple, take a cruise to the Caribbean on which each of them becomes infatuated with someone new: Fernando with a mysterious white-haired harpist and Celia with a member of the crew. This story, combined with a parallel plotline about a pair of lovers who tell their tale in letters, is related in alternating ...

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The Red of His Shadow

The Red of His Shadow more books like this

by Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman (Translator)

In a novel that takes place entirely during Holy Week, the star-crossed romance of a pair of vaudou (voodoo) practitioners is set against the backdrop of the inhuman working conditions at a sugar mill in the Dominican Republic.

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Deep Purple

Deep Purple more books like this

by Mayra Montero

Agustin Caban, a distinguished music critic, is forced to retire but unwilling to stop working, so he begins writing about his seductions of the most brilliant classical musicians in the world. "Deep Purple" explores the relationship between sexual desire and music, and finds in that deep and mysterious place the meaning of life.

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Captain of the Sleepers

Captain of the Sleepers more books like this

by Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman (Translator)

For fifty years, Andres Yasin has carried a grudge against J.T. Bunker. Now, Bunker, eighty-two years old and dying of cancer, wants to tell his side of a story, a story of his affair with Andres's mother. As a child Andres knew Bunker as the "Captain of the Sleepers"-so called because he transported the bodies of those who had died off the island ...

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El Capitan de Los Dormidos

El Capitan de Los Dormidos

by Esther Moron Lerma, Mayra Montero

Con El Capitan de los Dormidos, Mayra Montero nos sorprende una vez mas por su capacidad para transmitir lo literalmente intransmisible.Corre el mes de octubre de 1950. Andres Yasin es un nino de doce anos que vive en la isla puertorriquena de Vieques y que afronta durante esos dias una doble tragedia: por un lado, la revuelta nacionalista en la ...

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Como Un Mensajero Tuyo: As Your Messenger more books like this

by Mayra Montero

A great expectation filled the Havana National Theatre on the night of June 13, 1920. Enrico Caruso, the legendary tenor, was to sing Aida. Rumor had it that the Great Caruso was suffering from a strange disease and was being hounded by the gangsters of the Mano Negra. A bomb exploded in the theatre at the beginning of the show, and Caruso ran out ...

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La Ultima Noche Que Pase Contigo: The Last Night We Spent Together

La Ultima Noche Que Pase Contigo: The Last Night We Spent Together

by Mayra Montero

After their daughter's marriage, Celia and Fernando take a Caribbean cruise to recover the intimacy lost too long ago in marital routine. They start the trip through a fantasy island that hides strange mysteries dancing to the sweet rhythm of boleros, which not only give the title to the book but also name all of its chapters. The reader will pass ...

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Ultima Noche Que Pase Contigo, La

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by Mayra Montero

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Purpura Profundo: Deep Purple

by Mayra Montero

Agustin has just retired from his job as a music critic for a newspaper. Sebastian, a close friend and head of the entertainment section, encourages him to write his memoirs. As Sebastian enthusiastically devours the pages written by the music critic, the reader is dragged into Agustin's amorous world, his multiple affairs with Virginia Tuten, the ...

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Del rojo de su sombra

by Mayra Montero

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Son de Almendra more books like this

by Mayra Montero

New York, October 1957. Albert Anastasia, head of the mafia, has just been murdered. A war over the control of Havana casinos is brewing. Joaqu?n, a young journalist, decides to investigate connections between important Cuban individuals and the sub-world. The same day Anastasia is killed, a hippopotamus is also killed. Joaqu?n realizes that both ...

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You, darkness more books like this

by Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman

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Tú, la oscuridad

by Mayra Montero

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La trenza de la hermosa luna

by Mayra Montero

History of a seaman who returns to his hometown in Haiti after 20 years. He met his old felings and fears.

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Vana ilusión : las memorias noveladas de Narciso Figueroa

by Mayra Montero

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Aguaceros Dispersos

by Mayra Montero

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The red of your shadow more books like this

by Mayra Montero

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Le Messager

by Mayra Montero

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Le Signe De La Lune

by Mayra Montero

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Pourpre Profond

by Mayra; Mestre Montero, Serge

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