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A Simple Habana Melody

A Simple Habana Melody

Hijuelos, Oscar
O'Farrill, Arturo

Paperback

General FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 1538722194
ISBN13: 9781538722190
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: Feb 11 2025
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning author comes a masterpiece about a composer returning to his beloved homeland after WWII (Kirkus, starred review).

The year is 1947. Israel Levis, a Cuban composer whose life once revolved around music and love, is finally returning home. En route to Habana, Cuba from Spain, he is a shadow of his former self, disillusioned after he was mistakenly sent to a camp during the Nazi occupation of France. In Habana, he escapes his anguish by reminiscing about his happiest moments before the war, when he lived a life of pleasure and excitement--and had a loving, if unrequited romance with Rita Valladares, the alluring singer who inspired Levis's most famous composition, Rosas Puras.

A tender homage to music, art, and a vibrant country at the edge of modernity, A Simple Habana Melody is a virtuoso performance from one of America's most talented writers.

Includes a reading group guide.

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