The News from Paraguay: A Novel
Autor Lily Tucken Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 noi 2004
Lily Tuck’s impressive novel offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of 19th century Paraguay, a largely untouched wilderness where European and American figures mix with the Spanish aristocracy of the capital and the indigenous peoples from the surrounding areas.
The year is l854. In Paris, Francisco Solano—the future dictator of Paraguay—begins his courtship of the young, beautiful Irish courtesan Ella Lynch with a poncho, a Paraguayan band, and a horse named Mathilde. Ella follows Franco to Asunción and reigns there as his mistress. Isolated and estranged in this new world, she embraces her lover's ill-fated imperial dream—one fueled by a heedless arrogance that will devastate all of Paraguay.
With the urgency of the narrative, rich and intimate detail, and a wealth of skillfully layered characters, The News from Paraguay recalls the epic novels of Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780060934866
ISBN-10: 0060934867
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperPerennial
ISBN-10: 0060934867
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperPerennial
Textul de pe ultima copertă
The year is l854. In Paris, Francisco Solano -- the future dictator of Paraguay -- begins his courtship of the young, beautiful Irish courtesan Ella Lynch with a poncho, a Paraguayan band, and ahorse named Mathilde. Ella follows Franco to Asunción and reigns there as his mistress. Isolated and estranged in this new world, she embraces her lover's ill-fated imperial dream -- one fueled by a heedless arrogance that will devastate all of Paraguay.
With the urgency of the narrative, rich and intimate detail, and a wealth of skillfully layered characters, The News from Paraguay recalls the epic novels of Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa.
With the urgency of the narrative, rich and intimate detail, and a wealth of skillfully layered characters, The News from Paraguay recalls the epic novels of Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa.
Recenzii
“Tuck’s prose is elegant, the subject well researched.” — New York Times Book Review
“Compelling…the stuff that good fiction is made of: complex characters and an intricate narrative.” — Newsday
“Charming.” — Vogue
“The perfect setting for Tuck’s dark wit.” — The New Yorker
“The episodic style achieves many lovely moments…images are so vivid you can almost smell them.” — Washington Post Book World
“THE NEWS FROM PARAGUAY captures the physical beauty of an exotic land in Tuck’s characteristically exact, evocative prose.” — Publishers Weekly
“Elegant …the author’s research is impressive … a rich and rewarding read.” — Publishers Weekly
“Impressively researched, lushly written… a splendid realization if its rich subject and Tuck’s best so far.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred)
“A gripping read.” — Library Journal
“Decorous detail and vivid imagery.” — Los Angeles Times
“Vivid, intriguing . . . Tuck brings to life the lush, sensual, and brutal world of 19th-century Paraguay.” — Entertainment Weekly
“Beautifully written.” — Time
“Reminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Marquez ... Tuck brings characters fully to life.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Compelling…the stuff that good fiction is made of: complex characters and an intricate narrative.” — Newsday
“Charming.” — Vogue
“The perfect setting for Tuck’s dark wit.” — The New Yorker
“The episodic style achieves many lovely moments…images are so vivid you can almost smell them.” — Washington Post Book World
“THE NEWS FROM PARAGUAY captures the physical beauty of an exotic land in Tuck’s characteristically exact, evocative prose.” — Publishers Weekly
“Elegant …the author’s research is impressive … a rich and rewarding read.” — Publishers Weekly
“Impressively researched, lushly written… a splendid realization if its rich subject and Tuck’s best so far.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred)
“A gripping read.” — Library Journal
“Decorous detail and vivid imagery.” — Los Angeles Times
“Vivid, intriguing . . . Tuck brings to life the lush, sensual, and brutal world of 19th-century Paraguay.” — Entertainment Weekly
“Beautifully written.” — Time
“Reminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Marquez ... Tuck brings characters fully to life.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer
Notă biografică
Born in Paris, LILY TUCK is the author of four previous novels: Interviewing Matisse, or the Woman Who Died Standing Up; The Woman Who Walked on Water; Siam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man, which was nominated for the 2000 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; and The News from Paraguay, winner of theNational Book Award. She is also the author of the biography Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante. Her short stories have appeared in The New Yorker and are collected in Limbo and Other Places I Have Lived. Lily Tuck divides her time between Maine and New York City.