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Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love : A Novel by Oscar Hijuelos (2015, Trade...

Description: It's 1949 and two young Cuban musicians make their way from Havana to the grand stage of New York City. It is the era of mambo, and the Castillo brothers, workers by day, become stars of the dance halls by night, where their orchestra plays the lush, sensuous, pulsing music that earns them the title of the Mambo Kings. This is their moment of youth, exuberance, love, and freedom―a golden time that decades later is remembered with nostalgia and deep affection.Hijuelos's marvelous portrait of the Castillo brothers, their families, their fellow musicians and lovers, their triumphs and tragedies, re-creates the sights and sounds of an era in music and an unsung moment in American life.Exuberantly celebrated from the moment it was published in 1989, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990 (making Hijuelos the first Hispanic recipient of the award). It was adapted for a major motion picture in 1992 (The Mambo Kings) and remains a perennial bestseller. The story's themes of cultural fusion and identity are as relevant today as they were twenty-five years ago, proving Hijuelos's novel to be a genuine and timeless classic.

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Edition: 25

Book Title: Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love : a Novel

Number of Pages: 416 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Publication Year: 2015

Item Height: 1.1 in

Topic: General, Literary

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 13.6 Oz

Item Length: 8.2 in

Author: Oscar Hijuelos

Book Series: Fsg Classics Ser.

Item Width: 5.6 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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