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As Green as Paradise

As Green as Paradise

Lifshey, Adam

Paperback

FantasyMystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction

ISBN10: 0982806140
ISBN13: 9780982806142
Publisher: Scarith
Published: Jan 11 2010
Pages: 330
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
As Green as Paradise is a lyrical weave of a governor's story, once a conquistador. It is a tale of loves lost and dreams unfulfilled, of characters condemned to forge ahead in a world at once old and new. The avocado carver was once a conquistador. This time, though, he aims to arrive in peace, as a governor, leading his relatives across the sea to a new world where they will found a settlement in a green valley. Yet his hopes for harmony with the indigenous people do not develop as planned. And distant dark forces conspire against him, certain that his relatives share a secret and forbidden heritage. His memories pursue him too, images of a childhood upon a faraway island, and of a dusty peninsula that he will never see again. As Green as Paradise is a lyrical weave of the governor's story, flowing with fables of beauty and solitude. It is a tale of loves lost and dreams unfulfilled, of characters condemned to forge ahead in a world at once old and new: scribes and inquisitioners, soldiers and scholars, storytellers and warriors, a unicorn hunter and a pirate and a wanderer, a poet and a musician too. And amid story upon story, the governor carves dim codes into the pits of discarded avocados and remembers it all. A lyrical novel dealing with love, colonialism and transformation, As Green as Paradise is both engaging and thoughtful. Lifshey gives us a sweeping and broad retelling of our colonial past while at the same time telling an emotional, intimate tale. -Glenn Haya, Karolinska Institute, University Library. Lifshey's elegant re-imagination of an aspect of colonial history is so visual and lush. Both beautiful and brilliant, this novel reminds us of how ephemeral international human conquests can be. -Carole Sargent, Director of the Office of Scholarly and Literary Publications, Georgetown University.

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