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Hard Bed Hotel

Autor Edie Ayala
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2022
A humorous romance with a delightfully unexpected end. A lovelorn cemetery caretaker is sure that a recent earthquake has just unearthed the ghost of Jhonny Pretty, Chile's famous 70s rockstar. He's Jhonny alright, but he's definitely not a ghost. Astrid de las Nieves leads an unremarkable life in her job at Santiago's General Cemetery, where she has worked for decades cleaning tombs, watering flowers and conversing with the dearly departed. Nothing is out of the ordinary until the day that Jhonny Pretty's ghost silently glides past - to make Astrid's dream come true. Although he's been reduced to singing for pennies at Slaughterhouse Square, Jhonny is very much alive. After the earthquake destroys his apartment, his only choice is to take up residence at the family mausoleum. Astrid sets a plan in motion to seduce Jhonny's ghost and Jhonny plays along for all it's worth. Perspective is skewed through the lens of desire. The thin line between the living and the dead is blurred, and nothing is as it seems - rockstar is ghostly indigent, pickpocket is tourism executive, shop owner is purveyor of saints, con artist is plastic surgeon and meddling ghost is guardian angel. Everything goes wrong but maybe it's right, as heaven and earth settle into an unexpected juxtaposition in this twisted Latin tale that is doused with humor and magic realism.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780988003224
ISBN-10: 0988003228
Pagini: 254
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Stories with Character

Notă biografică

Edie Ayala is a baby boomer from a small logging town near the Canadian Rockies. As a girl, she once broke into a neighbour's house to play on their typewriter. She was the creative fort-builder, the abandoned mine-shaft explorer and the tree climber. She has never lost this spirit of curiosity and the search for the small things that might change a day... or a life. Just before Y2K, she made a trip to South America and it was a turning point. Married to a Chilean from the Atacama region, they decided to make Santiago, Chile their home and they've been there ever since. Their grown children are all settled in different cities in Canada and the UK.Edie writes character-driven novels. She's a fan of quirky. A people-watcher, she might find inspiration from someone at a bus stop or a grocery store. Once in awhile, as if from nowhere, a compelling new character appears out of the page itself, and hijacks the process.Edie spends her free time reading non-fiction books and listening to podcasts that present a twist in the traditional interpretation of historical events. She is a fan of authors such as José Saramago, Barbara Kingsolver, Anthony Doer, Alix Olin, Louis de Barnieres, Hernan Rivera Letelier and David Sedaris.