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Maldito Amor / Sweet Diamond Dust - by  Rosario Ferré (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Maldito Amor / Sweet Diamond Dust - by Rosario Ferré (Paperback)

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  • Unas veces liricamente encantadora, y otras astutamente satírica, Rosario Ferré es una de las más originales escritoras de Latinoamérica.
  • About the Author: Rosario Ferré nació en 1938 en Ponce, una ciudad en las costa sur de Puerto Rico.
  • 208 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Short Stories (single author)

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About the Book



"One of Latin America's most gifted novelists".--"Washington Post Book World". A finalist for the National Book Award for her 1995 novel, "La Casa de la Laguna", Rosario Ferre is one of Latin America's most original and important writers. In the four stories that make up "Maldito Amor" Ferre explores the history of political and cultural struggle in her native Puerto Rico.



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Unas veces liricamente encantadora, y otras astutamente satírica, Rosario Ferré es una de las más originales escritoras de Latinoamérica.

En Maldito amor, ella explora las luchas de clases y la evolución política de su Puerto Rico natal a través de la historia de una familia, los aristocráticos y belicosos De la Valle, y su lucha por la dominación y control del vecino ingenio azucarero.

El cuento titular narra la vida del pirático Don Julio; su hijo, el astuto político Nino Ubaldino; y los hijos de Ubaldino, Arístides y Nicolás, envueltos en una lucha a la muerte por el control de la fortuna familiar y por la mujer que ambos quieren. Los tres cuentos siguientes relatan las vidas de las nuevas generaciones de los De la Valle, creando un drama en cuatro partes que presenta las cuestiones fascinantes de la independencia, la religión y la raza, con todo el ingenio y energía característicos de Ferré.

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"Hypnotic... should not be missed."--Lucy Stark, Voices from the Gaps

Originally published in Spanish under the title Maldito Amor ("Cursed Love"), Sweet Diamond Dust introduced American readers to a voice that is by turns lyrical and wickedly satiric. A finalist for the National Book Award with her 1995 novel, The House on the Lagoon, Ferre here uses family history as a metaphor for the class struggles and political evolution of Latin America and Puerto Rico in particular. The result is writing of the highest order--provocative, profound, yet delightfully readable.

The "sweet diamond dust" of the title story is, of course, sugar. In this tale the De La Valle family's secrets, ambitions, and passions, interwoven with the fate of the local sugar mill, are recounted by various relatives, friends, and servants. As the characters struggle under the burden of privilege, the story, permeated with haunting echoes of Puerto Rico's own turbulent history, becomes a splendid allegory for a nation's past. The three accompanying stories each follow the lives of the descendants of the De La Valle family, making the book a drama in four parts, raising troubling issues of race, religion, freedom, and sex, with Ferre's trademark irony and startling imagery--a literary experience no reader would want to miss.



About the Author



Rosario Ferré nació en 1938 en Ponce, una ciudad en las costa sur de Puerto Rico. Se graduó en el año 1960 de Manjattanville College con un título en literature inglesa. Luego obtuvo una maestría en literature española y latinoamericana en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, y años mas tarde, recibó su doctorado de la Universidad de Maryland.

Comenzó a escribir en la década de los años setenta como redactora y editora de la revista literaria Zona: Carga y Descarga, en la cual se publicaban trabajos de jóvenes escritores puertorriqueños. Colaboradora asidua de los rotativos El Nueva Día y el San Juan Star, Rosario Ferré ha explorado todos los géneros literarios al publicar relatos, poesía, ensayos, biografías y cuatro novelas. Fue galardonada con el premio Liberaturpries del 1992 en Francfort del main (Alemania), y la versión de lengua inglesa de su novela La casa de la laguna quedó como finalista del premio literario estadounidese National Book Award.

Rosario Ferré es reconocida hoy como una de las escritoras más importantes de Puerto Rico.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.02 Inches (H) x 5.22 Inches (W) x .61 Inches (D)
Weight: .5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Short Stories (single author)
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 208
Publisher: Vintage Espanol
Format: Paperback
Author: Rosario Ferré
Language: Spanish
Street Date: July 28, 1998
TCIN: 1002294104
UPC: 9780375700637
Item Number (DPCI): 247-36-6341
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Q: How does this book reflect Puerto Rican history?

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Q: Who is the author of 'Maldito Amor'?

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  • A: The author is Rosario Ferr, a prominent Puerto Rican novelist recognized for her literary contributions.

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Q: What themes are explored in the stories of this book?

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