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Cochabamba (Spanish Edition)
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ISBN10: 8420477125
ISBN13: 9788420477121
Publisher: Alfaguara
Published: Apr 23 2024
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.40
Language: Spanish
ISBN13: 9788420477121
Publisher: Alfaguara
Published: Apr 23 2024
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.40
Language: Spanish
Una gran historia de amor con base real. Una mujer que rompió moldes y conquistó ParÃs.
«Una prosa que se lee con fluidez y gozo, pues convierte la más sabrosa plática de sobremesa en una pieza pulida del arte de novelar . -Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos
«Una prosa que se lee con fluidez y gozo, pues convierte la más sabrosa plática de sobremesa en una pieza pulida del arte de novelar . -Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos
«Aquà somos todos palabras desde el nombre de cada uno de nosotros y las sÃlabas que se unen para nombrar lugares y, por ello, sugiero que titules Cochabamba, porque suena a tambor, a vocales de boca abierta, a paisaje verde que no conoces aún . El agua de azar puede también danzar como humo de insomnio o conversación de sobremesa sin tiempo. Asà nace la amistad a primera vista entre el diplomático francés Xavier Dupont y el escritor al que le pide escribir la novela de la vida de su madre, Catalina. Nacida en Cochabamba, hija de un potentado boliviano, oligarca adinerado y sÃmbolo de la tiranÃa patriarcal, Catalina se sabe la mujer más bella del mundo y más aún cuando por orden del padre es transterrada a ParÃs donde levitará nubes de oropel, grandes lujos y codearse con Coco Chanel, Edith Piaf... y Albert Camus. Catalina como Princesa de Cochabamba se vuelve la plus belle femme entre el tout ParÃs y protagonista de una novela que parecerÃa cuento de hadas, si no fuera enteramente verÃdica. Una novela de vodevil y rumbosa, la vida pÃcara y noctámbula que nació en sobremesas para contar y contagiar hasta quedar en tinta con un ritmo que conquista al lector como una Ãntima celebración. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An epic romance based on a true story. A woman who shattered convention and took Paris by storm.
Flowing and easy prose that transforms the most delightful table-talk into a polished example of novelistic art.-Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos
We are all words, from the names we call ourselves to the syllables we join together to form place names. That's why I'd like the title to be Cochabamba, because it sounds like drums, open vowels and green lands still unseen. The forces of chance can drift like the cigarette smoke of an insomniac or a lingering late-night conversation. Here, they come together to create an instant friendship between French diplomat Xavier Dupont and an author he approaches to write the story of his mother, Catalina. Born in Cochabamba, the daughter of a wealthy Bolivian oligarch who is the embodiment of patriarchal tyranny, Catalina knows she is the world's most beautiful woman, even more so when her father sends her to Paris. There, she lives a life of glamour, indulging in luxury and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Coco Chanel, Edith Piaf... and Albert Camus. As the Princess of Cochabamba, Catalina becomes la plus belle femme in le tout Paris and the protagonist of a novel that would seem like a fairy tale if it weren't based on a true story. A novel set in the era of vaudeville, frivolity and lavish nightlife, flowing from a conversation between friends onto the page to captivate readers with its intimate and infectious rhythms.
Flowing and easy prose that transforms the most delightful table-talk into a polished example of novelistic art.-Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos
We are all words, from the names we call ourselves to the syllables we join together to form place names. That's why I'd like the title to be Cochabamba, because it sounds like drums, open vowels and green lands still unseen. The forces of chance can drift like the cigarette smoke of an insomniac or a lingering late-night conversation. Here, they come together to create an instant friendship between French diplomat Xavier Dupont and an author he approaches to write the story of his mother, Catalina. Born in Cochabamba, the daughter of a wealthy Bolivian oligarch who is the embodiment of patriarchal tyranny, Catalina knows she is the world's most beautiful woman, even more so when her father sends her to Paris. There, she lives a life of glamour, indulging in luxury and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Coco Chanel, Edith Piaf... and Albert Camus. As the Princess of Cochabamba, Catalina becomes la plus belle femme in le tout Paris and the protagonist of a novel that would seem like a fairy tale if it weren't based on a true story. A novel set in the era of vaudeville, frivolity and lavish nightlife, flowing from a conversation between friends onto the page to captivate readers with its intimate and infectious rhythms.
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