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A Simple Habana Melody
Oscar Hijuelos
其他書名
A Novel
出版
Hachette UK
, 2025-02-11
主題
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Cultural Heritage
Fiction / Hispanic & Latino
ISBN
1538722208
9781538722206
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PzAMEQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos comes a “massively engaging…masterpiece of history, music, wonder, and sorrow” about a composer returning to his beloved homeland after WWII (
Kirkus,
starred review).
The year is 1947. Israel Levis, a Cuban composer whose life once revolved around music and love, is finally returning home. En route to Habana, Cuba from Spain, he is a shadow of his former self, disillusioned after he was mistakenly sent to a camp during the Nazi occupation of France.
In Habana, he escapes his anguish by reminiscing about his happiest moments before the war, when he lived a life of pleasure and excitement—and had a loving, if unrequited romance with Rita Valladares, the alluring singer who inspired Levis’ most famous composition, “Rosas Puras.”
A tender homage to music, art, and a vibrant country at the edge of modernity,
A Simple Habana Melody
is a melodic, virtuoso performance from one of America’s most talented writers.
Includes a reading group guide.
