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A Simple Habana Melody (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781538722190)
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xFrom 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.
Author: Oscar Hijuelos
ISBN-10: 1538722194
ISBN-13: 9781538722190
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
Published: 02/11/2025
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.90d
Author: Oscar Hijuelos
ISBN-10: 1538722194
ISBN-13: 9781538722190
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
Published: 02/11/2025
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.90d
By Oscar Hijuelos
xOscar Hijuelos (1951-2013), a native New Yorker and the son of Cuban immigrants, was a Pulitzer Prize winning author of nine novels and a memoir and a recipient of the Rome Prize awarded by The American Academy of Arts and Letters. He also received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. He became the first Latino winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1990 for his international bestseller The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love and his novels have been translated into more than 40 languages. Arturo O'Farrill, eight-time Grammy-winning pianist, composer, and educator, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. His professional career began with the Carla Bley Band and continued as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte. In 2007, he founded the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (now called Belong?) as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the performance, education, and preservation of Afro Latin music. Arturo has been a Steinway Artist for many years and is a Blue Note Records Recording Artist.
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