National Book Award finalist Cristina García delivers a powerful and gorgeous novel about the intertwining lives of the denizens of a luxurious hotel in an unnamed Central American capital in the midst of political turmoil. The lives of six men and women converge over the course of one week. There is a Japanese-Mexican-American matadora in town for a bull-fighting competition; an ex-guerrilla now working as a waitress in the hotel coffee shop; a Korean manufacturer with an underage mistress ensconced in the honeymoon suite; aninternational adoption lawyer of German descent; a colonel who committed atrocities during his country's long civil war; and a Cuban poet who has come with his American wife to adopt a local infant. With each day, their lives become further entangled, resulting in the unexpected - the clash of histories and the pull of revenge and desire.Cristina García's magnificent orchestration of politics, the intimacies of daily life, and the frailty of human nature unfolds in a moving, ambitious, often comic, and unforgettable tale.
Similar Books by other authors...
Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat | Silent Dancing Judith Ortiz Cofer | Circle K Cycles Karen Tei Yamashita | The Cat's Table Michael Ondaatje |
Used availability for Cristina García's The Lady Matador's Hotel
See all available used copies of this book at: Abebooks UK or Abebooks US
Hardback Editions
September 2010 : Hardback
| Title: The Lady Matador's Hotel: A Novel Author(s): Cristina Garcia ISBN: 1-4391-8174-8 / 978-1-4391-8174-4 Publisher: Scribner Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 2012 : Paperback
| Title: The Lady Matador's Hotel: A Novel Author(s): Cristina Garcia ISBN: 1-4391-8175-6 / 978-1-4391-8175-1 Publisher: Scribner Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
September 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Lady Matador's Hotel Author(s): Cristina Garcia Publisher: Scribner Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
© 2012 FantasticFiction
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk

