Name: Where There Was Fire von John Manuel Arias
SKU: 9781035041374
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Where There Was Fire Zusammenfassung

Where There Was Fire John Manuel Arias

Where There Was Fire brims with ancestral spirits, omens and the forces of nature. John Manuel Ariass extraordinary debut novel weaves a brilliant tapestry of love lost and found again and, ultimately, redemption.

Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Companys most lucrative banana plantation, burning all evidence of a massive cover-up, the future of Teresa Cepeda Valverdes family is changed for ever.

Now, twenty-seven years later, Teresa and her daughter Lyra are still picking up the pieces. Lyra wants nothing to do with Teresa, but is desperate to find out what happened to her family that fateful night. Teresa, haunted by a missing husband and the bitter ghost of her mother, is unable to reconcile the past. What unfolds is a story of a mother and daughter trying to forgive what they do not yet understand, and the mystery at the heart of one familys rupture, steeped in machismo, jealousy and greed.

Where There Was Fire Bewertungen

A lush and ambitious debut . . . An exciting new voice with a prowess for lyricism * Publishers Weekly *
Every page is a masterclass in how to wrap a reader inside of a book. Simply put, this book will make you want to re-read it just to spend more time with the writing. * Debutiful *
A haunting, operatic saga of family, history and place. Where There Was Fire beautifully braids love, lust, magic and the destructive power of man to wondrous and, at times, heartbreaking effect. Arias has created an utterly original, unforgettable tale of family that will sear a place in the reader's soul -- Xochitl Gonzalez, bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming
An arresting tale of love, regret, and redemption. John Manuel Arias offers a searing look into the legacy of American agribusiness in Costa Rica and masterfully tells the story of a family fighting to put itself back together in the wake of unimaginable loss. As poetic as it is powerful, Where There Was Fire burns with rage and grief, and most of all, hope -- Jenny Tinghui Zhang, author of Four Treasures of the Sky

Über John Manuel Arias

John Manuel Arias is a queer, Costa Rican American poet and writer. He has lived in Washington, DC; Brooklyn, New York; and in San Jose, Costa Rica, with his grandmother and four ghosts. Where There Was Fire is his first novel.

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Sku

GOR013673198

ISBN 13

9781035041374

ISBN 10

1035041375

Titel

Where There Was Fire John Manuel Arias

Autor

John Manuel Arias

Zustand

Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Gebundene Ausgabe

Verlag

Pan Macmillan

Datum

2024-02-22

Anzahl der Seiten

288

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