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Esperanza Street (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781908276483)
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xI was eight when my father brought me to one of the big houses at the top of Esperanza Street and left me with Mary Morelos. 'I haven't the time to fix broken wings, ' she said. 'Does he have any trouble with discipline?' My father glanced at me before answering.
So begins the story of Joseph, houseboy to the once-wealthy Mary Morelos, who lives in the three-story Spanish colonial house at the top of Esperanza Street in a port town in the Philippines. Through Joseph's eyes we are witness to the destruction of the community to which they are both, in their own way, bound. Niyati Keni's evocative and richly populated debut novel Esperanza Street is about criminality under the guise of progress, freedom or the illusion of it, and about how the choices that we make are ultimately the real measure of who we are.Author: Niyati Keni
ISBN-10: 1908276487
ISBN-13: 9781908276483
Publisher: And Other Stories
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2015
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 12/08/2014
By Niyati Keni
xNiyati Keni: Niyati Keni was born in London. She studied medicine and still practises as a physician. She has travelled extensively within Asia, including in the Philippines where her debut novel is set. Niyati Keni is based in West Sussex, England, where she lives with her daughter.
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