Author: Oscar Hijuelos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783596129164
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 537
Book Description
Die vierzehn Schwestern des Emilio Montez O'Brien
Author: Oscar Hijuelos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783596129164
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 537
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783596129164
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 537
Book Description
The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien
Author: Oscar Hijuelos
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1538722240
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
With “soaring, matchless prose,” a Pulitzer Prize winner pens a New York Times bestselling saga of the Montez O’Briens, a rambunctious family of Irish Cuban immigrants comprised of fourteen daughters—and one doggedly masculine son (Publishers Weekly). Irish American Nelson O’Brien fell passionately in love with the poetess Mariela Montez while photographing the ravages of battle in Mariela's native Cuba during the Spanish-American War. After marrying, they moved to the United States to start a new life, settling in a small Pennsylvania town where Nelson took over the Jewel Box Movie Theater. Together, they had a remarkable fifteen children: fourteen daughters and one lone son. In Oscar Hijuelos’s The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, the lives, loves, and tragedies of this sprawling Irish Cuban family unfold. Over the course of a century, each member moves in and out of each other’s lives, traversing Cuba, New York, California, Alaska, and Ireland, while Margarita—the Montez O’Brien’s eldest daughter—ruminates on the nature of femininity, sex, love, and earthly happiness. And as Margarita learns and grows in an overwhelmingly female environment, she can’t help but contrast her experiences with those of Emilio, her intensely masculine brother, whose B-movie career in the 1950s has left him adrift and frustrated, with little hope of success. Lush and gorgeously written, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien is a masterwork by one of America's greatest writers. Reckoning with cultural assimilation and complex family dynamics, the novel elicits tears and laughter while tenderly revealing the bounteous heart and exhilarating adventures of a warm, passionate family. Includes a Reading Group Guide.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1538722240
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
With “soaring, matchless prose,” a Pulitzer Prize winner pens a New York Times bestselling saga of the Montez O’Briens, a rambunctious family of Irish Cuban immigrants comprised of fourteen daughters—and one doggedly masculine son (Publishers Weekly). Irish American Nelson O’Brien fell passionately in love with the poetess Mariela Montez while photographing the ravages of battle in Mariela's native Cuba during the Spanish-American War. After marrying, they moved to the United States to start a new life, settling in a small Pennsylvania town where Nelson took over the Jewel Box Movie Theater. Together, they had a remarkable fifteen children: fourteen daughters and one lone son. In Oscar Hijuelos’s The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, the lives, loves, and tragedies of this sprawling Irish Cuban family unfold. Over the course of a century, each member moves in and out of each other’s lives, traversing Cuba, New York, California, Alaska, and Ireland, while Margarita—the Montez O’Brien’s eldest daughter—ruminates on the nature of femininity, sex, love, and earthly happiness. And as Margarita learns and grows in an overwhelmingly female environment, she can’t help but contrast her experiences with those of Emilio, her intensely masculine brother, whose B-movie career in the 1950s has left him adrift and frustrated, with little hope of success. Lush and gorgeously written, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien is a masterwork by one of America's greatest writers. Reckoning with cultural assimilation and complex family dynamics, the novel elicits tears and laughter while tenderly revealing the bounteous heart and exhilarating adventures of a warm, passionate family. Includes a Reading Group Guide.
The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien; The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Author: Óscar Hijuelos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781558007932
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781558007932
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien
Author: Oscar Hijuelos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780241134313
Category : Cuban Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
In a small Pennsylvania town, Nelson O'Brien runs the Jewel Box Movie Theater, raising 14 daughters and a son with his wife. Through the eyes of their eldest daughter, Margarita, the lives, loves and tragedies of the Montez O'Brien's and their complex family relationships unfold.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780241134313
Category : Cuban Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
In a small Pennsylvania town, Nelson O'Brien runs the Jewel Box Movie Theater, raising 14 daughters and a son with his wife. Through the eyes of their eldest daughter, Margarita, the lives, loves and tragedies of the Montez O'Brien's and their complex family relationships unfold.
Die vierzehn Schwestern des Emilio Montez O'Brien
Author: Oscar Hijuelos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783100335050
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 537
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783100335050
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 537
Book Description
Las catorce hermanas de Emilio Montez O'Brien
Author: Óscar Hijuelos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788422655923
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788422655923
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 500
Book Description
German books in print
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Publishers'
Languages : de
Pages : 2016
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Publishers'
Languages : de
Pages : 2016
Book Description
Voodoo
Author: Alberto Venzago
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
ISBN: 9783791329833
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An unprecedented glimpse into the mysterious world of Voodoo, this companion volume to an upcoming documentary film presents film stills by celebrated photojournalists Alberto Venzago.
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
ISBN: 9783791329833
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An unprecedented glimpse into the mysterious world of Voodoo, this companion volume to an upcoming documentary film presents film stills by celebrated photojournalists Alberto Venzago.
A Prayer for Blue Delaney
Author: Kirsty Murray
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 174269229X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
'Don't worry,' said Bill. 'You can hide out here until you get your strength back. That is, if you don't mind an old man, a dog and a few ghosts for company.' Colm is on the run, determined to escape from the cruelties of Bindoon Boys' Home. He strikes up an unexpected friendship with old Billy Dare and his dog Rusty, and together they travel from the goldfields of Kalgoorlie to the rugged north. Whether they're working along the Dog Fence, eluding the police or confronting a wild boar, they're a team. When Bill's life is at risk, it's up to Colm to go in search of the mysterious Blue Delaney and lay to rest the ghosts that haunt them both. This action-packed story, set in the 1950s, continues the richly detailed historical quartet that began with Bridie's Fire and Becoming Billy Dare. Starting in the 1840s and ending in present-day Australia, the Children of the Wind quartet tells the stories of four courageous young people, Bridie, Billy, Colm and Maeve, born fifty years apart. The central character from each book becomes a mentor to the child in the next.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 174269229X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
'Don't worry,' said Bill. 'You can hide out here until you get your strength back. That is, if you don't mind an old man, a dog and a few ghosts for company.' Colm is on the run, determined to escape from the cruelties of Bindoon Boys' Home. He strikes up an unexpected friendship with old Billy Dare and his dog Rusty, and together they travel from the goldfields of Kalgoorlie to the rugged north. Whether they're working along the Dog Fence, eluding the police or confronting a wild boar, they're a team. When Bill's life is at risk, it's up to Colm to go in search of the mysterious Blue Delaney and lay to rest the ghosts that haunt them both. This action-packed story, set in the 1950s, continues the richly detailed historical quartet that began with Bridie's Fire and Becoming Billy Dare. Starting in the 1840s and ending in present-day Australia, the Children of the Wind quartet tells the stories of four courageous young people, Bridie, Billy, Colm and Maeve, born fifty years apart. The central character from each book becomes a mentor to the child in the next.
Sweet Smell of Success
Author: Marvin Hamlisch
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573633560
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
It's New York, 1952. Welcome to Broadway, the glamour and power capital of the universe. J.J. Hunsecker rules it all with his daily gossip column in the New York Globe, syndicated to sixty million readers across America. J.J. has the goods on everyone, from the president to the latest starlet. And everyone feeds J.J. scandal, from J. Edgar Hoover and Senator Joe McCarthy down to a battalion of hungry press agents who attach their news to a client that J.J. might plug. When a young press agent, S
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573633560
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
It's New York, 1952. Welcome to Broadway, the glamour and power capital of the universe. J.J. Hunsecker rules it all with his daily gossip column in the New York Globe, syndicated to sixty million readers across America. J.J. has the goods on everyone, from the president to the latest starlet. And everyone feeds J.J. scandal, from J. Edgar Hoover and Senator Joe McCarthy down to a battalion of hungry press agents who attach their news to a client that J.J. might plug. When a young press agent, S