Name: The Dark Bride
SKU: 1668756
Price: 680.00 TWD
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Author: Laura Restrepo
ISBN: 9780060088958

Type

Physical Book

Author

Laura Restrepo

Publisher

Ecco Press

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.4x13.6x2.4 cm

Weight

0.33 kg.

ISBN

0060088958

ISBN13

9780060088958

Synopsis "The Dark Bride"

Once a month, the refinery workers of the Tropical Oil Company descend upon Tora, a city in the Colombian forest. They journey down from the mountains searching for earthly bliss and hoping to encounter Sayonara, the legendary Indian prostitute who rules their squalid paradise like a queen. Beautiful, exotic, and mysterious, Sayonara, the undisputed barrio angel, captivates whoever crosses her path. Then, one day, she violates the unwritten rules of her profession and falls in love with a man she can never have. Sayonara's unrequited passion has tragic consequences not only for her, but for all those whose lives ultimately depend on the Tropical Oil Company.A slyly humorous yet poignant love story, The Dark Bride lovingly recreates the lusty, heartrending world of Colombian prostitutes and the men of the oil fields who are entranced by them. Full of wit and intelligence, tragedy and compassion, The Dark Bride is luminous and unforgettable.

Laura Restrepo

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Laura Restrepo (Bogotá, 1950) published her first book in 1986, Historia de un entusiasmo (Aguilar, 2005), followed by La Isla de la Pasión (1989; Alfaguara, 2005 and 2014), Leopardo al sol (1993; Alfaguara, 2005 and 2014), Dulce compañía (1995; Alfaguara, 2005 and 2015), La novia oscura (1999; Alfaguara, 2005 and 2015), La multitud errante (2001; Alfaguara, 2016), Olor a rosas invisibles (2002; Alfaguara, 2008), Delirio (Alfaguara Prize 2004), Demasiados héroes (Alfaguara, 2009 and 2015), Hot sur (2013), Pecado (Alfaguara, 2016), Los Divinos (Alfaguara, 2018) and Canción de antiguos amantes (Alfaguara, 2022). Her novels have been translated into more than twenty-five languages and have received several awards, including the aforementioned, the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for novels written by women; the Prix France Culture, awarded by French critics to the best foreign novel published in France in 1998; the Archbishop Juan de San Clemente Prize 2003, and the Grinzane Cavour Prize 2006 for the best foreign novel published in Italy. She was a Guggenheim Foundation fellow in 2006 and is a professor emerita at Cornell University, in the United States.

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